Method and composition for treating cancers
AssigneeThe Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
InventorsJohn M. Pezzuto, Tapas K. DasGupta, Mary Lou Schmidt, Konrad Marc Kuzmanoff, Lydia Ling-Indeck, Darrick S. H. L. Kim
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Abstract
A composition and method of preventing or inhibiting tumor growth, and of treating malignant cancers without toxic side effects are disclosed. Betulinic acid or a betulinic acid derivative is the active compound of the composition.
Claims3
A method of inhibiting growth of a tumor comprising administering, to an individual, a therapeutically effective amount of betulinic acid to a tumor, wherein the tumor growth is a squamous tumor, a breast cancer, a colon cancer, a sarcoma, a human oral epidermoid carcinoma, a prostate cancer, a lung cancer, a glioma, or a neuroblastoma.
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