CERVICAL cancer induced by the germ Human papillomavirus (HPV) is becoming a leading cause of death in women. Researchers have discovered an important substance present in some medicinal plants to cure cervical cancer. Among all the selected chemical substances in these medicinal plants, the researcher said stigmasterol and clicoemodin were the best inhibitor of HPV and therefore suggested that these be used as potential investigational drugs to cure HPV infections. Various strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted infection, play a role in causing most cervical cancer. Types 16 and 18 of the virus cause up to 80% of cervical cancers in women and up to 90% of HPV-related cancers in men.

Source: Nigerian Tribune March 31, 2022 04:07 UTC