The amazing anti-cancer potential of cucurbitacins

Naturally occurring anti-cancer compounds

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"The wish for healing has always been half of health".

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Cucurbitacins is a cluster of tetracyclic triterpenoids originated from various plants like Bryonia (or wild pumpkin), Cucumis (a genus which includes the cucumber, muskmelons, the horned melon and the West Indian gherkin), Cucurbita 🎃 (variously …