Correlation between antioxidative power and anticancer activity in herbs from traditional Chinese medicine formulae with anticancer therapeutic effect

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 541-546

  Li, Wing Yan ^a   Chan, Shun Wan ^a,b   Guo, De Jian ^b   Yu, Peter Hoi Fu ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology   (China)

Author keywords

Anticancer activity; Antioxidant activity; Chinese medicinal herbs

Indexed keywords

AGRIMONIA PILOSA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LOBELIAE CHINENSIS EXTRACT; PARIS POLYPHYLLA EXTRACT; RHEUM OFFICINALE EXTRACT; SANGUISORBA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRIMONIA PILOSA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HERB; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOBELIAE CHINENSIS; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; PARIS POLYPHYLLA; RHEUM OFFICINALE; SANGUISORBA OFFICINALIS;

AGRIMONIA PILOSA; CITRUS MAXIMA; PARIS POLYPHYLLA; RHEUM OFFICINALE; RHEUM TANGUTICUM; SANGUISORBA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 34548363442     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200701498879     Document Type: Article

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