Today, The Caribbean Centre for Research in Bioscience (CCRiB), a research centre of the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of the West Indies, highlights research work done by Dr. Kimberley Foster (Research Fellow) and team. The research demonstrated the potency of Annona muricata, the Soursop plant (natural products) in killing breast and prostate cancer cells and stopping them from spreading to surrounding tissues.
The details of this research can be examined in the publications below:
Publication 1:
Foster, K., Oyenihi, O., Rademan, S., Erhabor, J., Matsabisa, M., Barker, J., ...& Delgoda, R. (2020).
Selective cytotoxic and anti-metastatic activity in DU-145 prostate cancer cells induced by Annona muricata L. bark extract and phytochemical, annonacin.
BMC complementary medicine and therapies, 20(1), 375.
https://bmccomplementmedtherapies.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12906-020-03130-z
Publication 2:
Foster, K., Younger, N., Aiken, W., Brady-West, D., & Delgoda, R. (2017).
Reliance on medicinal plant therapy among cancer patients in Jamaica.
Cancer Causes & Control, 28(11), 1349-1356.
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