Highlights of American Chemical Society meeting in Atlanta, March 26-30
...zoylmethane (DBM), a natural compound derived from licorice root that has shown promise in early cell studies for slowing the growth of prostate cancer cells. In tests with DBM, the compound inhibited growth of the Caucasian cell line, but had the opposite effect in the African-American cancer cells, causing ...JCI table of contents March 1, 2005
...tary, Jeffrey Cohen states, "a compound present in licorice may seem like an unlikely candidate for the treatm...OMPANYING COMMENTARY: TITLE: Licking latency with licorice AUTHOR CONTACT: Jeffrey I. Cohen National Institutes Of Health, Bethesda, MD USA Phone: 301-496-526......tary, Jeffrey Cohen states, "a compound present in licorice may seem like an unlikely candidate for the treatment of virus-associated cancersderivates of GA might be used in the future for treating human diseases caused by latent virus infections."...