A compound found in octopus ink has anti-cancer properties BIOSPHOTO/Alamy
A compound found inside octopus ink has been created artificially in the lab and used to kill cancer cells. The development could eventually lead to new cancer treatments.
at the University of Sonora in Mexico and his colleagues had previously identified a compound called ozopromide (OPC) that is found in the ink sac of common octopuses (Octopus vulgaris) as one of interest for its anti-cancer properties.
The researchers used a series of standard chemical reactions that allowed them to create the OPC molecule artificially. Next,…
