Think licorice and you probably imagine a chewy black rope with a unique sweet flavor. If you get a traditional recipe of this humble confection, it may even contain a cancer-killing chemical.
Scientists from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) recently published findings that a flavonoid in licorice root can inhibit the progression of pancreatic cancer. Researchers showed that this same licorice-based chemical may also enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy drugs used to treat pancreatic cancer.
