Abstract:Background:
Recent progress in the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM) has improved its prognosis. However, the MM patients with high-risk cytogenetic abnormalities still showed significantly shorter survival. We have been focusing on komaroviquinone (KQN) which was isolated from Dracocephalum komarovi and had anti-tripanosomal activity. Since a number of anti-cancer drugs have been developed from natural products with anti-protozoal activities, we tried to examine anti-tumor effect of novel KQN-… Show more
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