A review of the anticancer and immunomodulatory effects of Lycium barbarum fruit

Inflammopharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 307-314

  Tang, Wai Man ^a   Chan, Enoch ^a   Kwok, Ching Yee ^a   Lee, Yee Ki ^a   Wu, Jian Hong ^a   Wan, Chun Wai ^a   Chan, R Y K ^b   Yu, Peter Hoi Fu ^a   Chan, Shun Wan ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b BNU HKBU UNITED INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Immunomodulation; Lycium barbarum fruit; Pharmacology; Polysaccharides; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

2 O BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSYL LEVO ASCORBIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; DOXORUBICIN; LYCIUM BARBARUM POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SCOPOLETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; FRUIT; G1 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; G2 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LUNG CANCER; LYCIUM BARBARUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; S PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FRUIT; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; LYCIUM; PLANT PREPARATIONS;

EID: 84872158669     PISSN: 09254692     EISSN: 15685608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10787-011-0107-3     Document Type: Review

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