Flower power may help treat prostate cancer
June 18th, 2009 Posted in alternative treatmentsAccording to Germany’s cancer-science council, a substance from the root of a flower may help treat prostate cancer,
Experts at the University of Goettingen said that in laboratory tests, tectorigenin, obtained from roots of Belamcanda chinensis, stopped cancer cells growing and in animal tests it had slowed the spread of the cancer.
The lily-like flowers of Belamcanda chinensis are grown in temperate-region gardens as a perennial. In China, it grows wild. The plant is used in Korean and Chinese medicine.