Promising investigations and project investigating the effects of mangosteen on prostate cancer

Jeremy Johnson, PharmD, PhD, a University of Illinois Cancer Center member and associate professor of pharmacy practice in the UIC College of Pharmacy, has received a $1.7 million MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time) Award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to conduct his latest research.

For generations, traditional healers in Southeast Asia have used the mangosteen fruit to treat skin infections, wounds, dysentery and urinary tract infections. Jeremy Johnson has identified phytochemicals in the fruit that can disrupt the function of the androgen receptor, a critical target in prostate cancer.

This information is taken from the following article posted on the University of Illinois web site:

Southeast Asian Fruit May be Cure for Prostate Cancer

Jeremy's project is documented here: .

Defining the role of isoprenylated xanthones from the mangosteen for enhancing degradation of full length and variant forms of androgen receptor in prostate cancer

Be blessed,

Tom