Chinese Medical Herb Fights Tumors
Skullcap (Scutellaria barbata) has impressive antitumor properties, making it a potential treatment for chronic disease, in part due to its active ingredient scutebarbatine A.
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
Skullcap (Scutellaria barbata) is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) plant known in China as banzhilian
Researchers used DNA sequencing to uncover how skullcap produces one of its primary anticancer compounds, a clerodane diterpenoid known as scutebarbatine A
The team uncovered skullcap’s genomic sequence, revealing clues about how it p…
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