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Neem component can help fight cancer, suggests BHU research
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The Free Press Journal | 03/04/2022 03:08 PM | Click to read full article
A research team of Banaras Hindu University has found that a Neem plant component can help fight cancer. The research team has reported the in-vitro and in-vivo therapeutic efficacy of nimbolide (a bioactive component of the Neem plant) against T-cell lymphoma, which is a cancer of immune cells.
It has strongly advocated the utility of nimbolide as a potential anti-cancer therapeutic drug for the treatment of hematological malignancies.