The simple answer is yes! Dr. Shamsuddin has proven that the combination exerts much greater effect than IP₆ alone. This potentiation has been demonstrated in animal models for breast cancer, lung cancer and colon cancer. For example, in one study (Shamsuddin A., Ulah A., Chakravarthy A: Inositol and inositol hexaphosphate suppresses cell proliferation and tumor formation in CD-1 mice. Carcinogenesis 10:1461-1463. 1989) mice were given a compound (DMH) to induce cancer formation. Of these, one group was additionally treated with Inositol & Cal Mag IP₆. The results indicate that the mice treated with IP₆ alone or inositol alone have lower occurrences of tumors per animal. This benefit was greatly enhanced when Inositol & Cal Mag IP₆ were given in combination. The table below clearly illustrates the superiority of the combination.

Based on extensive experimental studies in animals and cell cultures, the combination of Inositol & Cal Mag IP₆ exerts anticancer effects against virtually all types of cancers including cancers of the breast, prostate, lung, skin and brain as well as lymphomas and leukemia. The table below lists some of the cancer cells that IP₆ has shown activity against.

The remarkable combination of IP₆ with inositol was originally discovered by Dr Shamsuddin M.D., Ph.D., from the University of Maryland, USA. When combined with IP₆, inositol dramatically increases the anticancer and immune enhancing effects of IP₆. Dr Shamsuddin discovered that when properly combined with inositol, IP₆ forms two molecules of IP₃ in the body. Inositol, the backbone structure of IP₆, has six carbon atoms that are capable of binding phosphate molecules; when all six carbons are occupied by six phosphate groups IP₆ is formed. When only three of the carbon groups are bound by phosphate it is called IP₃. This chemistry is important because although IP₆ is gaining all the attention, it is really IP₃ that is doing all the work. IP₃ plays an important role inside the cells of our bodies. It basically functions as an on/off switch for human cancers according to experimental studies in cell cultures (in vitro studies). When IP₃ levels are low (as in cancer cells), the cells replicate out of control. That basically is what occurs in cancer. When cancer cells are bathed in IP₃, they literally turn themselves off. This action reflects the central role that IP₃ plays in controlling key cell functions, including replication and the communication between cells. Dr. Shamsuddin has discovered the correct ratio of Inositol & Cal Mag IP₆ to ensure the formation of IP₃ within the body.