Drug Development

American Mayapple Yields Anti-Cancer Extract

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 1st, 2000

A common plant called mayapple may offer an alternative to an Asian plant that's been harvested almost to extinction for an anti-cancer extract, U.S. Agricultural Research Service administrator Floyd Horn announced July 17, 2000.

"Besides providing a dependable, long-term supply of the anti-cancer drug, the new extraction method, if adopted, could turn the American mayapple into a new alternative crop for U.S. growers," Horn said.

ARS and University of Mississippi scientists developed the new extraction method.

The near-extinct Asian plant, Podophyllyum emodi, is a cousin of the mayapple found in the United States. The...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2000-08-01)

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