A NEW MEDICINE, DIHYDROMIKANOLIDE, ITS PRODUCTION BY EXTRACTION OF THE PLANT MIKANIA MICRANTHA AND ITS USE AS ANTI-PROLIFERATIVE AGENT

摘要

The invention concerns DNA polymerase inhibitors, namely mikanolide and dihydromikanolide and dihydromikanotide-enriched extracts. Said compounds or mixtures can be used for preparing medicines designed to treat proliferative diseases, in particular cancer, viral diseases or parasitic diseases provoked by protozoae (for example malaria) or protists (for example, diseases caused by amoebae).