Painkillers ulcerous trail
HST-1 helps manage side-effects of cancer treatment
an antioxidant called resveratrol, found in plants like grapes, peanuts, spruce, lily and mulberries, is known to be a good anticancer agent but it decelerates ulcer healing. Cancer patients are given pain killers that cause ulcers as side-effects. Hence resveratrol cannot be given to cancer patients with gastric ulcers. To do away with this limitation, a research team from Kolkata has synthesized a novel anti-cancer compound that is structurally similar to resveratrol and does not disrupt the ulcer healing process.
A team led by researchers from Kolkata