Human body diagram and pateamine and pateamine mimic compound
Rights: Scottie Productions Published 14 September 2016 Size: 790 KB Referencing Hub media

Pateamine is extremely toxic to dividing cells but is difficult to source in its natural form. Synthesising the compound may create a potential treatment for cancer.

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