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A Queensland pharmaceutical company is claiming the sap of a common weed can remove sun spots and prevent potentially deadly skin cancers.

Peplin has developed a gel from the radium weed sap that it says the gel can remove sun spots, which can develop into invasive skin cancers if left untreated.

Peplin's general manager Peter Welburn said human trials had shown the gel effectively treats sun spots and lesions in two days.

The 125 patients involved in the trial applied the gel once a day for two days. Dr Welburn said it removed every sun spot on 27 per cent of patients, with 44 per cent having partial success.