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Ingredient in Indian Long Pepper Shows Promise Against Brain Cancer in Animal Models
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Ingredient in Indian Long Pepper Shows Promise Against Brain Cancer in Animal Models

Penn scientists use cryo-electron microscopy to illuminate how piperlongumine works against glioblastoma. Piperlongumine, a chemical compound found in the Indian Long Pepper plant (Piper longum), is known to kill cancerous cells in many tumor types, including brain tumors. Now an international team including researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania...