A promising approach to post-operative incision-site pain control uses a naturally occurring plant molecule called resiniferatoxin (RTX). RTX is found in Euphorbia resinifera, a cactus-like plant ...

"The only thing it seems to take out is heat sensation and pain." RTX is derived from the Euphorbia resinifera plant, a cactus-like plant native to North Africa.

In central and western Africa, from Somalia across to Angola and down to South Africa, the candelabra cactus can reach heights of 15 metres, and looks more like a tree than a cactus.

A promising approach to post-operative incision-site pain control uses a naturally occurring plant molecule called resiniferatoxin (RTX). RTX is found in Euphorbia resinifera, a cactus-like plant ...

Euphorbia ingens, often called the candelabra cactus, gets its name ‘ingens’, meaning giant, referring to the eventual size the plant can grow to, not as you might have expected from the sharp spikes ...