Adlay ( yì y; soft-shelled job′s tears; The seeds of Coix lachryma-jobi L. var. ma-yuen Stapf) is a potential cancer chemopreventive agent toward multistage carcinogenesis processes

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 267-275

  Kuo, Ching Chuan ^a,b   Chen, Huang Hui ^a   Chiang, Wenchang ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adlay; Blocking agent; Cancer chemoprevention; Suppressing agent; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894558799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22254110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2225-4110(16)30112-2     Document Type: Article

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