Magnolia Compound Hits Elusive Target In Cancer Cells
Friday, July 11, 2008 - 21:07
in Biology & Nature
The natural compound honokiol blocks survival signals from the Ras family of genes in breast, lung and bladder cancer cells. As a drug target, Ras is considered difficult to approach chemically. Honokiol comes from magnolia trees and has been used in Japanese and Chinese herbal medicines.