Quinones are comprised of more than 1200 naturally occurring compounds, These natural compounds have been reported to be anti bacterial as well as anti fungal. Some of these quinone rich plants are used as laxatives as senna, rhubarb and cascara leaf. Some quinones are used in hair dyes as henna.
There are two anti cancer quinones that have been studied extenivsely. This are emodin and hypericin. Emodin is classified as an anthraquinone. There are FDA approved anthraquinone for chemotherapy . One example is doxorubicin. Herbs containing emodin have been used to treat cancer patients in China. One example is Polygonum cuspidatum.
Hypericin is a photoactive compound that has been studied for its anti cancer effects. Photoactive hypericin has been used and studied in skin cancer
In March 2020 it will be the 10th year I have written a daily blog. It by no means has been to replace the effective therapies in different disciplines of medicines as oncology, infectious disease, endocrinology and much more. The reason for writing this blog which began as a ‘ dare’ that I couldn’t do it- is now a labor of love. It is for educational purposes. It is to educate any individual on other modalities of natural medicine that are available.