Williams DG (2005): A cancer therapy out of the blue. Alternatives for the Health Conscious Individual. 11(3):17-24.
Wright KM (2005): Is it really from heaven above? The cancer miracle that leaves healthy cells healthy. HSI Health Sciences Institute. December issue. (4 pages).
Kenner D (2006): Avemar – a functional food with proven anti-cancer effect. Townsend Letter. August/September issue:96-100.
Walsh N (2006): Avemar as supportive therapy in cancer. Internal Medicine News. 39(13):35.
Cassileth BR, Yeung KS, Gubili J (2007): Wheat germ extract. In: Herb-drug interactions in oncology. Cancer Center, New York NY and People’s Medical Publishing House–USA, Shelton CT, p. 694-6.
Pelletier M (2008): Unplugging cancer’s power supply. Anti-Aging Medical News. Summer issue:188-90.
Human (Clinical Trials)
Jakab F, Mayer Á, Hoffmann A, Hidvégi M (2000): First clinical data of a natural immunomodulator in colorectal cancer. Hepatogastroenterology. 47:393-5.
Hidvégi M, Moldvay J, Lapis K, Ajkay Z (2003): Fermentált búzacsíra tartalmú készítmény alkalmazásakor javul a tüdőrákos betegek életminősége. Medicus Anonymus (Pulmono). 1:13-4.
Jakab F, Shoenfeld Y, Balogh Á, Nichelatti M, Hoffmann A, Kahán Z, Lapis K, Mayer Á, Sápy P, Szetntpétery F, Telekes A, Thurzó L, Vágvölgyi A, Hidvégi M (2003): A medical nutriment has supportive value in the treatment of colorectal cancer. Br J Cancer. 89(3):465-9.
Garami M, Schuler D, Babosa M, Borgulya G, Hauser P, Müller J, Paksy A, Szabó E, Hidvégi M, Fekete G (2004): Fermented wheat germ extract reduces chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia in pediatric cancer patients. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 26(10):631-5.
Barabás J, Németh Z (2006): A Magyar Arc-, Állcsont- és Szájsebészeti Társaság állásfoglalása szájüregi daganatos betegek Avemarral történő szupportív kezelésének indokoltságáról. Orv Hetil. 147(35):1709-11.
Bálint G, Apáthy Á, Gaál M, Telekes A, Resetár Á, Blazsó G, Falkay G, Szende B, Paksy A, Ehrenfeld M, Shoenfeld Y, Hidvégi M (2006): Effect of Avemar – a fermented wheat germ extract – on rheumatoid arthritis. Preliminary data. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 24:325-8.
Demidov LV, Manziuk LV, Kharkevitch GY, Pirogova NA, Artamonova EV (2008): Adjuvant fermented wheat germ extract (Avemar) nutraceutical improves survival of high-risk skin melanoma patients: a randomized, pilot, phase II clinical study with a 7-year follow-up. Cancer Biother Radiopharm. 23(4):477-82.
Sukkar SG, Cella F, Rovera GM, Nichelatti M, Ragni G, Chiavenna G, Giannoni A, Ronzani G, Ferrari C (2008): A multicentric prospective open trial on the quality of life and oxidative stress in patients affected by advanced head and neck cancer treated with a new benzoquinone-rich product derived from fermented wheat germ (Avemar). Mediterranean J Nutr Metab. 1:37-42.
Hajtó T, Kirsch A (2013): Case reports of cancer patients with hepatic metastases treated by standardized plant immunomodulatory preparations. J Cancer Res Updates. 2(1):1-9.
Review Articles
Szende B, Rásó E, Hidvégi M, Tömösközi-Farkas R, Paku S, Prónai L, Bocsi J, Lapis K (1998): Egy új, szubszituált benzokinon tartalmú antimetasztatikus készítmény. Orv Hetil. 139(48):2893-7.
Nichelatti M, Hidvégi M (2002): Experimental and clinical results with Avemar (a dried extract from fermented weath germ) in animal cancer models and in cancer patients. Nőgyógyászati Onkológia. 7:40-1.
Demidov LV, Manziuk LV, Kharkevitch GY, Artamonova EV, Pirogova NA (2002): Antimetastatic effect of Avemar in high-risk melanoma patients. 18th UICC International Cancer Congress.
Sukkar SG, Rossi E (2004): Oxidative stress and nutritional prevention in autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Autoimmunity Reviews. 3(2004):199–206.
Farkas E (2005): Szupportív kezelés fermentált búzacsíra-kivonattal colorectalis carcinomában. Orv Hetil. 146(37):1925-31.
Boros LG, Nichelatti M, Shoenfeld Y, Shoenfeld Y (2005): Fermented wheat germ extract (Avemar) in the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1051:529-42.
Farkas E (2006): Fermentált búzacsíra kivonat (Avemar) alkalmazásának lehetőségei a családorvosi gyakorlatba. Medicus Universalis. 39(1):19-31. Available at: http://hidvegimate.hu/download.php?id=101
Pfeifer B (2006): Avemar. In: Pfeifer B, Preiß J, Unger C, eds. Onkologie integrativ. Elsevier, Urban and Fischer, Munchen, p. 226-9.
Heimbach JT, Sebestyén G, Semjén G, Kennepohl E (2007): Safety studies regarding a standardized extract of fermented wheat germ. Int J Toxicol. 26:253-9.
Johanning GL, Wang-Johanning F (2007): Efficacy of a medical nutriment in the treatment of cancer. Altern Ther Health Med. 13(2):56-65.
Brambilla D, Mancuso C, Scuderi MR, Bosco P, Cantarella G, Lempereur L, Benedetto GD, Pezzino S, Bernardini R (2008): The role of antioxidant supplement in immune system, neoplastic, and neurodegenerative disorders: a point of view for an assessment of the risk/benefit profile. Nutr J. 7:29 (9 pages).
Telekes A, Hegedűs M, Chae C-H, Vékey K (2009): Avemar (Wheat germ extract) in Cancer Prevention and Treatment. Nutr Cancer. 61(6):891-9.
Mueller T, Voigt W (2011): Fermented wheat germ extract – nutritional supplement or anticancer drug? Nutr J. 10:89. (6 pages).
Uğur Y (2014): The Cytotoxic Effects of Wheat Germ Extract on Glioblastoma Cell Line. Other thesis, TED ANKARA KOLEJİ. Available at: http://tedprints.tedankara.k12.tr/562/
Bar-Sela G, Cohen M, Ben-Arye E, Epelbaum R (2015): The medical use of wheatgrass: Review of the gap between basic and clinical applications. Mini Rev Med Chem. 15:1002-10.