Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Piperlongumine (PL) is a natural product constituent of the fruit of the Long pepper (Piper longum) a pepper plant found in southern India and southeast Asia.Piperlongumine may have anti-cancer properties. It selectively targets and kills cancer cells but leaving normal cells unharmed. In mice injected with human bladder breast lung or melanoma cancer cells PL inhibited tumor growth but showed no toxicity in normal mice.
