Bandar Lampung, July 8 -- A researcher at the Sumatera Institute of Technology in Lampung has identified a compound in the mulberry plant with promising potential for treating cervical cancer, according to a statement released on Tuesday.

"I found the Kuwanon J compound in the mulberry plant (Morus shalun), which shows potential as an anti-cervical cancer agent," said Dr. Rahmat Kurniawan, a lecturer in the Chemistry Study Program and a member of the Biological Chemistry Research Group at the university's Faculty of Science.

Kurniawan explained that Kuwanon J is a Diels-Alder adduct, formed through a biotransformation process involving the Diels-Alderase enzyme.

Initial laboratory tests have shown that the compound exhibits cytotoxic a...