NUST MISIS Scientists Use Indian Plant to Fight Lung Cancer
MOSCOW, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/
Zinc oxide nanorods that inhibit the growth of cancer cells were obtained by NUST MISIS scientists as part of an international group of researchers. According to the experts, the created nanorods are unique, as they have been obtained without toxic substances using an extract from the leaves of a tropical plant. The research results have been published in the JOM journal.
Scientists have managed to obtain nanorods for lung cancer treatment from
zinc acetate, without using toxic substances, using an extract from the leaves of the Cyrtrandroemia nicobarica plant, growing in the tropical rainforests of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India.