A compound present in octopus ink has anti-cancer properties
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A compound discovered inside octopus ink has been created artificially within the lab and used to kill most cancers cells. The event may finally result in new most cancers therapies.
Martín Samuel Hernández-Zazueta on the College of Sonora in Mexico and his colleagues had beforehand recognized a compound referred to as ozopromide (OPC) that’s discovered within the ink sac of frequent octopuses (Octopus vulgaris) as one in all curiosity for its anti-cancer properties.
The researchers used a collection of normal chemical reactions that allowed …