杀癌相关的色拉植物

癌症药物设计者面临着癌细胞从我们自身的正常细胞发展而来的独特挑战,也就是说,大多数使癌细胞中毒的方法也会杀死健康细胞。 据科学家称,大多数可用的化学疗法都具有很高的毒性,每杀死10至XNUMX个癌细胞就会破坏一个正常细胞。 
However, researchers from the University of Washington have created a compound which is derived from the sweet wormwood plant (Artemisia annua L).但是,华盛顿大学的研究人员创造了一种化合物,该化合物衍生自甜蒿植物(Artemisia annua L)。 Sweet wormwood has been used in herbal Chinese medicine for at least 2,000 years, and is eaten in salads in some Asian countries.甜艾草已在中草药中使用了至少1,200年,并在某些亚洲国家的沙拉中食用。 This new compound puts a novel twist on the common anti-malarial drug artemisinin.这种新化合物为常见的抗疟药青蒿素带来了新的变化。 It is more than XNUMX times more specific in killing certain kinds of cancer cells than currently available drugs, heralding the possibility of a more effective chemotherapy drug with minimal side effects.在杀死某些类型的癌细胞方面,它的特异性是目前可用药物的XNUMX倍以上,这预示着可能出现副作用更小,更有效的化学治疗药物。