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Post by Royal » Mon Aug 19, 2019 6:01 am

"Looking at activity we've seen from drug compounds treating glioblastoma in the past, we've kind of used a molecule called chalcone, that's just a type of drug molecule, but it's something actually found in curry I guess, the food curry," said Reyes.

That's right, the compound called chalcone is most commonly found in curry, the popular Indian food.

Dr. Rahul Khupse is a medicinal chemist working on the project at UF. He grew up in India and said that he discovered chalcone has anti-inflammatory properties as well as anti-cancer properties.

https://nbc24.com/news/local/university ... ain-cancer


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