Can the therapeutic gain of radiotherapy be increased by concurrent administration of Asian botanicals?

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-13

  Sagar, Stephen M ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asian; Ayurvedic; Botanicals; Cancer; Chinese; Herbs; Radioprotector; Radiosensitizer; Radiotherapy; Therapeutic gain

Indexed keywords

AEGLE MARMELOS EXTRACT; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS EXTRACT; ANTIOXIDANT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CAFFEIC ACID; CAMPTOTHECIN; CANAVANINE; CATALASE; CURCUMIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ELLAGIC ACID; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVOPYRIDOL; GENISTEIN; GOSSYPOL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICIN; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; NERIUM OLEANDER EXTRACT; ORIDONIN; PACLITAXEL; PANAX NOTOGINSENG EXTRACT; PARTHENOLIDE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT; RESVERATROL; TANSHINONE IIA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WITHAFERIN A; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; ALOE ARBORESCENS; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS; AMARANTHUS PANICULATUS; ANGELICA ARCHANGELICA; ANGELICA SINENSIS; APHANAMIXIS POLYSTACHYA; AYURVEDA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CAMPTOTHECA ACUMINATA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CELL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CHINESE MEDICINE; COTTON; CURCUMA LONGA; DIOSPYROS MONTANA; DRUG MECHANISM; ELEUTHEROCOCCUS SENTICOSUS; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GINGER; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; GRAPE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; LEGUME; LYCIUM CHINENSE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA ARVENSIS; MENTHA PIPERITA; MORINGA OLEIFERA; NERIUM OLEANDER; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM SANCTUM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PANAX NOTOGINSENG; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS; PIPER LONGUM; PODOPHYLLUM HEXANDRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABDOSIA RUBESCENS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOSENSITIZATION; REVIEW; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; SOYBEAN; SYZYGIUM CUMINI; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM; TAXUS BACCATA; TEPHROSIA PURPUREA; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; THERAPY EFFECT; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVALUATION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEOPLASM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953942124     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735409356981     Document Type: Review

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