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Selected Vegetables/Sun's Soup (PDQ®)

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Last Modified: 01/13/2012

Adverse Effects

The only reported adverse effect with the use of Selected Vegetables/Sun’s Soup was a feeling of fullness or bloatedness when freeze-dried Selected Vegetables (SV) was consumed in the amount specified in the phase I/II clinical trial.[1] No adverse effects were reported after ingestion of frozen SV.[2]

References

  1. Sun AS, Ostadal O, Ryznar V, et al.: Phase I/II study of stage III and IV non-small cell lung cancer patients taking a specific dietary supplement. Nutr Cancer 34 (1): 62-9, 1999.  [PUBMED Abstract]

  2. Sun AS, Yeh HC, Wang LH, et al.: Pilot study of a specific dietary supplement in tumor-bearing mice and in stage IIIB and IV non-small cell lung cancer patients. Nutr Cancer 39 (1): 85-95, 2001.  [PUBMED Abstract]





Glossary Terms

adverse effect (AD-vers eh-FEKT)
An unexpected medical problem that happens during treatment with a drug or other therapy. Adverse effects do not have to be caused by the drug or therapy, and they may be mild, moderate, or severe. Also called adverse event.
ingestion (in-JES-chun)
Taking into the body by mouth.
phase I/II trial (fayz … TRY-ul)
A trial to study the safety, dosage levels, and response to a new treatment.