Laboratory studies with cultured tumor cell lines suggest that cantharidin analogs might have anti-cancer activity through the inhibition of protein phosphatase 2A, and topical treatment appears to have some effect in an animal model of cutaneous leishmaniasis.
Cantharidin analogs might have anti-cancer activity through the inhibition of protein phosphatase 2A. Laboratory studies with cultured tumor cell lines suggest this. Topical treatment appears to have some effect in an animal model of cutaneous leishmaniasis.