Melanoma Succumbs To Natural Plant Substance Gossypin In Lab Tests

For the first time, using lab tests on cell cultures and mice, researchers in the US have shown that gossypin, a naturally-occurring substance found in plants, may be an effective treatment against melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. Hareesh Nair of the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, and colleagues, write about their findings in the April issue of Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. In their background information they explain that previous studies have shown gossypin, a flavone originally isolated from the hibiscus plant (H...
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