Anticancer effects of traditional Chinese herbs with phlegm-eliminating properties - An overview

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 172, Issue , 2015, Pages 155-161

  Xiu, Li Juan ^a   Sun, Da Zhi ^a   Jiao, Jian Peng ^a   Yan, Bing ^a   Qin, Zhi Feng ^a   Liu, Xuan ^a   Wei, Pin Kang ^a   Yue, Xiao Qiang ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer; Herb; Phlegm; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; EXPECTORANT AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMETABOLIC SYNDROME ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESISTANCE; CHINA; CHINESE HERB; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GOOGLE SCHOLAR; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOST; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MEDLINE; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METASTASIS INHIBITION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; PHLEGM ELIMINATING PROPERTY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG EFFECTS; MUCUS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MUCUS; PHYTOTHERAPY;

EID: 84936750729     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.05.032     Document Type: Review

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