LEARNING CENTER
Facts about Cetylmyristoleate
and Arthritis
Harry W. Diehl, a physical
science technician who resides in Rockville, Maryland, retired
after 40 years of service at the National Institutes of Health.
Diehl practiced in the Laboratory of Chemistry at the National
Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases
in Bethesda, Maryland, where he developed over 500 new compounds,
several of which were patented by the U.S. Patent Office.
An award winning researcher,
Diehl was recognized in 1958 for developing a new method of
preparing 2-deoxy-d-ribose, a sugar found in deoxyribonucleic
acid. This sugar is of vital importance to much basic research,
and was used by Jonas Salk, M.D. as a culture medium to grow
the Salk polio vaccine virus. Diehl’s process was published
in the scholarly journal, Biochemical Preparations, which
described it as the "world’s best method for making
2-deoxy-d-ribose." The last compound he developed before
retiring is a crystalline compound called cellobionic lactone,
which is an excellent plant cell inhibitor.
Since his retirement, Diehl
has dedicated his research to finding a cure for arthritis.
He has studied the disease for 60 years, first at NIH, and
then at this home lab, ultimately discovering the compound
cetylmyristoleate. A report on cetylmyristoleate was published
in the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, March 1994. Discovery
of cetylmyristoleate stemmed from Diehl’s observation
that Swiss albino mice are immune to all forms of arthritis.
Diehl successfully isolated the substance in the mice, cetylmyristoleate
that makes them immune. The natural occurring compound is
also found in sperm whale heads and beaver tails as well as
mice. Cetylmyristoleate is made synthetically by chemically
combining cetyl alcohol, which is isolated from the sperm
whale’s head in a pure form, with myristolic acid, which
is isolated from cow butter.
In his research, Diehl injected
rats with an arthritis-inducing material that caused severe
manifestation of arthritis in their legs and tails. After
Diehl injected them with cetylmyristoleate, the rats were
cured. The swelling left their joints and crippled limbs began
to straighten.
As for dosage, Diehl said,
"I have found in my research that people respond to various
amounts. I took two capsules four years ago at the onset of
severe pain. I was cured of arthritis in my heel, knees and
hands. Also, I have no more headaches or bronchitis. Most
people start with four capsules (taken between meals). After
a period of four to sic weeks, three more capsules are taken.
This can vary depending on a person’s condition and weight."
One example of some of the
many letters and phone calls Diehl receives is one from the
wife of a Maryland doctor who wrote that she had been suffering
from arthritis in her hands along with osteoporosis in her
back and neck. Treatment by a specialist, resulted in no relief
from the terrible pain; and, after three more capsules, she
said her back was healed. She is very happy to be free of
her painful and crippling disease. She and many others have
also reported that their high blood pressure dropped to normal
since taking cetylmyristoleate.
