UK and Chinese researchers have unlocked the evolutionary secrets behind the medicinal herb barbed skullcap's ability to produce cancer-fighting compounds. The CEPMAS collaboration utilized DNA sequencing technology to piece together the genomic sequence of the skullcap plant (Scutellaria barbata
UK and Chinese researchers have unlocked the evolutionary secrets behind the medicinal herb barbed skullcap’s ability to produce cancer-fighting compounds.sequencing technology to piece together the genomic sequence of the skullcap plant , commonly known as banzhilian in China.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine , to isolate medicinal chemistry from the plant, the herb is boiled in water for two hours and the extract is dried to produce a powder and taken as a decoction . Now, with the knowledge of the genes that make up the biochemical pathway behind the anti-cancer activity of the herb, researchers are close to being able to synthesize larger quantities of compounds more rapidly and sustainably by using a host such as yeast.
Plant-based traditional medicines have long been used to provide leads for new drug discovery, and plant-natural products like vinblastine and taxol are used clinically as anticancer drugs.
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