The partnership between the Federal University of Ceará and the Australian National University could result in a new anti-cancer treatment. The study evaluates how the pterocarpan and pisosterol molecules work to block the growth and proliferation of cells that have undergone changes due to the disease. Pterocarpan comes from the plant Platymiscium floribundum, typical of the caatinga, cerrado and Atlantic forest. While pisosterol is isolated from the fungus of the species Pisolithus tinctorius, common in several parts of Brazil.
“The products generated in the chemical transformation, which are derivatives, we pass to Pharmacology, so that toxicity tests can be carried out and we can compare the results with the original product itself. We dream of a natural compound, from our biodiversity, that could serve as inspiration as a 'model molecule' for the national industry.”, says Cláudia do Ó Pessoa, researcher at the Experimental Oncology Laboratory at the Federal University of Ceará.
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