Biochemical investigation of the upstream anti-sickling mechanisms of soursop (): 15-acetyl guanacone as an inhibitor of deoxyhaemoglobin polymerisation.

Current sickle cell disease (SCD) therapies are limited and inefficient. The ethnomedicinal values of in the treatment of SCD, leading to this present research. Leaves and fruits of were processed using solvent extraction and partitioning; aqueous, chloroform and ethyl acetate fractions.