World’s First “Thai Fruit Flavored Herbal Effervescent Tablets” from Deep Tech R&D by Chulalongkorn University and the Private Sector

“Thai fruit flavored herbal effervescent tablets,” the world’s first Thai herbal product in an effervescent tablet form with Thai fruit flavors, is another achievement from the joint research and development between a private organization, Get Taste Thai CO., LTD. and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Inthawoot Suppavorasatit, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Science, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kitipong Assatarakul, Head of the Department of Food Technology, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Nattida Chotechuang, Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University.

Botanical drug is shown to help patients with head and neck cancers

In a UCLA-led phase I clinical trial, a new plant-based drug called APG-157 showed signs of helping patients fight oral and oropharyngeal cancers. These cancers are located in the head and the neck.
APG-157 is made up of multiple compounds produced by plants, including curcumin. UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers found that treatment with this botanical drug resulted in high concentrations of curcumin and its byproducts circulating in the blood and absorbed by tumor tissues within three hours after being taken orally.