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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2012

Uncaria tomentosa for Reducing Side Effects Caused by Chemotherapy in CRC Patients: Clinical Trial.

I L G Farias, M C S Araújo, J G Farias, L V Rossato, L I Elsenbach, S L Dalmora, N M P Flores, M Durigon, I B M Cruz, V M Morsch and 1 more

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

I L G FariasDepartamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 97105-900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
M C S Araújo
J G Farias
L V Rossato
L I Elsenbach
S L Dalmora
N M P Flores
M Durigon
I B M Cruz
V M Morsch
M R C Schetinger

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To evaluate the effectiveness of Uncaria tomentosa in minimizing the side effects of chemotherapy and improving the antioxidant status of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients, a randomized clinical trial was conducted. Patients (43) undergoing adjuvant/palliative chemotherapy with 5-Fluorouracil/leucovorin + oxaliplatin (FOLFOX4) were split into two groups: the UT group received chemotherapy plus 300 mg of Uncaria tomentosa daily and the C group received only FOLFOX4 and served as a control. Blood samples were collected before each of the 6 cycles of chemotherapy, and hemograms, oxidative stress, enzymes antioxidants, immunologic parameters, and adverse events were analyzed. The use of 300 mg of Uncaria tomentosa daily during 6 cycles of FOLFOX4 did not change the analyzed parameters, and no toxic effects were observed.

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PMCPMC3159308

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