Plumbagin inhibits the growth and invasion of prostate cancer
November 17th, 2008 Posted in alternative treatments, prostate cancer preventionA research team at Department of Human Oncology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53792, USA, has have reported that a product known as plumbagin (a natural medicinal product derived from the plant Plumbago zeylanica L.) inhibits the growth of prostate cancer cells and may have potential as a novel agent for the treatment of hormone-refractory prostate cancer.