Fighting cancer with triptolide
Naturally occurring anti-cancer compounds
“My cancer is me. The tumours are made of me. They’re made of me as surely as my brain and my heart are made of me. It is a civil war with a predetermined winner” .
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
Triptolide is a natural constituent derived from the root of a plant (a vine) called Tripterygium wilfordii Hook. F. or