The present invention relates to the effect of naturally occurring
compounds on tumor development. As an example of proof, we used low;
non-toxic doses of three compound e.g. Calcium D-glucarate, a naturally
occurring Ca.sup.++ salt of D-glucaric acid; Nicotinamide (NA), a
naturally occurring vitamin and butyric acid (BA), a naturally occurring
saturated short chain fatty acid. 7,12 dimethylbenzanthracene (DMBA),
which is a very potent skin carcinogen and is an environmental pollutant,
was used for skin tumor development. Experiment was performed up to 30
weeks. All the above-mentioned compounds were used either alone or
concomitantly any two or all the three. In the positive control group
100% tumorigenesis was attained in 28 weeks, use of single compound led
to the inhibition of DMBA induced tumorigenesis between 33 to 47%, use of
two compounds resulted in the 73 to 80% reduction in tumorigenesis but
the concomitant use of three compounds resulted into 100% inhibition of
tumor development at the end of 30 weeks. This led us to conclude that
the concomitant use of Cag, NA and BA in combination of two is useful for
preventing skin tumor development for a sort or long period of time. But
the concomitant use of all the three compounds, as described, exhibited
the perfect synergistic effect in preventing the tumor development
completely. This strategy should be equally effective in the management
of benign and possibly malignant tumor in any organ caused by any mean.