Berberine and Coptidis Rhizoma as potential anticancer agents: Recent updates and future perspectives

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 176, Issue , 2015, Pages 35-48

  Wang, Ning ^a   Tan, Hor Yue ^a   Li, Lei ^a   Yuen, Man Fung ^b   Feng, Yibin ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Berberine; Cancer; Chemoprevention; Coptidis Rhizoma; Growth inhibition; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BERBERINE; COPTIS RHIZOME EXTRACT; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DEATH; CELL INVASION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CNKI DATABASE; COPTIS; CYTOTOXICITY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDLINE; METASTASIS; PLANT SEED; REVIEW; SOIL; STROMA; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; ANIMAL; NEOPLASMS; RHIZOME;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BERBERINE; COPTIS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RHIZOME;

EID: 84945971281     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.10.028     Document Type: Review

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