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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2014

Antitumor effect of water decoctions of taxus cuspidate on pancreatic cancer.

Chao Qu, Zhen Chen

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chao QuDepartment of Integrative Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China ; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Zhen ChenDepartment of Integrative Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China ; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5053-2652
Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Taxus cuspidate has been used as a traditional Chinese medicinal herb and considered to affect various physiological functions in the body for thousands of years. As we know that taxol isolated from the Taxus cuspidate has been approved for the treatment of ovarian cancer, it has also shown its antitumor abilities against other kinds of cancers. But the antitumor activity of other components which are free of paclitaxel and hydrophilic paclitaxel derivatives from Taxus cuspidate has not been fully understood. In this study, we investigated the effect of the water decoctions from the leaves of Taxus cuspidate on pancreatic cancer cell proliferation and the potential mechanism(s); though its antitumor activity and mechanism in vitro remain to be elucidated, the water soluble constituents from Taxus cuspidate could be used in clinical for cancer patients.

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PMID24719642
PMCPMC3955603
OpenAlexW1987564166

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