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Did you know... that in a 2014 study viriditoxin was able to inhibit prostate cancer cells' growth in a lab environment?
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... that the mycotoxinviriditoxin is a single atropisomer? Source: Smyth, Jamie E.; Butler, Nicholas M.; Keller, Paul A. (2015). "A twist of nature – the significance of atropisomers in biological systems". Natural Product Reports. 32 (11): 1562–1583. doi:10.1039/c4np00121d. PMID 26282828.
ALT1: ... that viriditoxin may be able to inhibit cancer growth? Source: Kundu, Soma; Kim, Tae Hyung; Yoon, Jung Hyun; Shin, Han-Seung; Lee, Jaewon; Jung, Jee H.; Kim, Hyung Sik (2014-12-01). "Viriditoxin regulates apoptosis and autophagy via mitotic catastrophe and microtubule formation in human prostate cancer cells". International Journal of Oncology. 45 (6): 2331–2340. doi:10.3892/ijo.2014.2659. ISSN 1019-6439. PMID 25231051.Stuhldreier, Fabian; Schmitt, Laura; Lenz, Thomas; Hinxlage, Ilka; Zimmermann, Marcel; Wollnitzke, Philipp; Schliehe-Diecks, Julian; Liu, Yang; Jäger, Paul; Geyh, Stefanie; Teusch, Nicole; Peter, Christoph; Bhatia, Sanil; Haas, Rainer; Levkau, Bodo (2022-11-08). "The mycotoxin viriditoxin induces leukemia- and lymphoma-specific apoptosis by targeting mitochondrial metabolism". Cell Death & Disease. 13 (11): 1–17. doi:10.1038/s41419-022-05356-w. ISSN 2041-4889. PMID 36347842. S2CID 253387328.