The bandicoot berry is one of the plant species being screened against approximately 10 different cancer cell lines. -- ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Local researchers are investigating tropical plants commonly consumed by cancer patients for their purported anti-cancer properties to see if they can be used in the management or treatment of certain cancers.
They are starting with the bandicoot berry, Sabah snake grass and moringa, which they have already sequenced, along with 97 other plant species from the region.
