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Avocado compound targets enzyme critical to leukaemia cell growth – Drug Target Review
The fat molecule avocatin B, found in avocados, was shown to inhibit VLCAD, an enzyme vital for leukaemia cell metabolism.

Posted: 30 April 2021 | Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review) | No comments yet
The fat molecule avocatin B, found in avocados, was shown to inhibit VLCAD, an enzyme vital for leukaemia cell metabolism.
A compound in avocados could offer a route to better acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) treatment, according to a new study from the University of Guelph, Canada. The compound targets an enzyme that scientists have identified for the first time as being critical to cancer cell growth.
The team say that…
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