Piper longum Constituents Induce PANC‐1 Human Pancreatic Cancer Cell Death under Nutrition Starvation
Yuki Fujihashi,
Min Jo Kim,
Juthamart Maneenet
et al.
Abstract:Pancreatic cancer is a highly aggressive form of cancer with a poor prognosis, partly due to ‘austerity’, a phenomenon of tolerance to nutrient deprivation and survival in its hypovascular tumor microenvironment. Anti‐austerity agents which preferentially diminish the surivival of cancer cells under nutrition starvation is regarded as new generation anti‐cancer agents. This study investigated the potential of Piper longum constituents as anti‐austerity agents. The ethanolic extract of Piper longum was found t… Show more
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