An extract from the frass of swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) larvae inhibits HCT116 colon cancer cell proliferation but not other cancer cell types

Abstract Background The frass of several herbivorous insect species has been utilised as natural medicines in Asia; however, the metabolite makeup and pharmaceutical activities of insect frass have yet to be investigated. Oligophagous Papilionidae insects utilise specific kinds of plants, and it has...

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Main Authors: Miho Nakano, Takuma Sakamoto, Yoshikazu Kitano, Hidemasa Bono, Richard J. Simpson, Hiroko Tabunoki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-12-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-023-09841-0