The invention belongs to the technical field of biological medicines, and particularly relates to application of
salmeterol in preparation of a
medicine for treating non-
small cell lung cancer. It is found for the first time that the compound
salmeterol is an effective inhibitor of
asparagine synthetase (ASNS), and the compound
salmeterol inhibits the
biological activity and / or
protein expression level of the ASNS by directly targeting the ASNS, so that a synthetic pathway of endogenous
asparagine of cells is blocked. On the basis, salmeterol directly targets ASNS, inhibits the activity and / or expression level of ASNS, blocks synthesis of endogenous
asparagine, and further inhibits tumor
cell proliferation and induces
tumor cell apoptosis. The new application of salmeterol as the ASNS inhibitor is innovatively found, a new mechanism, a new
medicine and a new scheme are provided for treatment of the non-
small cell lung cancer, and the salmeterol has important clinical application prospects and scientific value.