Disorazol Z1: Not yet a breakthrough against cancer

Magdeburg chemists have produced in the laboratory the highly toxic substance Disorazol Z1, which could one day be used against cancer cells. There is already talk of a breakthrough.

Disorazol Z1 is a natural substance that is normally produced by bacteria. It can prevent and destroy the growth of cells. Therefore, it has been studied for a long time as a possible anti-cancer agent. Now Magdeburg chemists have been able to reproduce the active substance in the laboratory for the first time.

Chemists at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg have succeeded for the first time in synthetically recreating the naturally occurring active ingredient disorazol Z1 using a highly efficient process. The team led by Senior Professor Dr. rer. nat. habil. Dieter Schinzer from the Institute of Chemistry has used the world-renowned...

© peterschreiber.media / Adobe Stock Disorazol Z1 for the first time synthetically produced – a source of hope in cancer therapy with a targeted effect against tumour cells.

Cancer cells under the electron microscope.Image: getty imagesResearchers at the University of Magdeburg have made a decisive step in the fight against cancer.The team of chemists at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg has reconstructed an active substance that occurs in nature.The active substance is disorazol Z1. It occurs in nature in organic waste such as goat manure. The active substance is able to prevent the division of human and a…

German researchers have made a decisive step in the fight against cancer. The chemists at the University of Magdeburg have succeeded in recreating a natural active substance in such a way that it can target cancer cells. The experts speak of a "breakthrough".