Traditional Chinese medicine: a treasured natural resource of anticancer drug research and development

CY Wang, XY Bai, CH Wang - The American journal of Chinese …, 2014 - World Scientific
To discover and develop novel natural compounds, active ingredients, single herbs and
combination formulas or prescriptions in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) with …

Oxymatrine: a current overview of its health benefits

DQ Huan, NQ Hop, NT Son - Fitoterapia, 2023 - Elsevier
Oxymatrine (OMT), was identified as a quinolizidine alkaloid, which was one of the major
matrine-type alkaloids extracted from Sophora medicinal plants. Growing studies revealed …

Urchin-like ceria nanoparticles for enhanced gene therapy of osteoarthritis

H Chen, T Ye, F Hu, K Chen, B Li, M Qiu, Z Chen… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative joint disease in the world. Gene
therapy based on delivering microRNAs (miRNAs) into cells has potential for the treatment …

Anti-tumor activities of matrine and oxymatrine: literature review

Y Liu, Y Xu, W Ji, X Li, B Sun, Q Gao, C Su - Tumor Biology, 2014 - Springer
Matrine (MT) and oxymatrine (OMT), two kinds of alkaloid components found in the roots of
Sophora species, have various pharmacological activities and are demonstrated to have …

Role of plant-derived active constituents in cancer treatment and their mechanisms of action

AW Khan, M Farooq, M Haseeb, S Choi - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite significant technological advancements in conventional therapies, cancer remains
one of the main causes of death worldwide. Although substantial progress has been made …

Anti-tumor activities of active ingredients in Compound Kushen Injection

W Wang, R You, W Qin, L Hai, M Fang… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract Kushen (Radix Sophorae Flavescentis) has a long history of use for the treatment of
tumors, inflammation and other diseases in traditional Chinese medicine. Compound …

Oxymatrine attenuates tumor growth and deactivates STAT5 signaling in a lung cancer xenograft model

YY Jung, MK Shanmugam, AS Narula, C Kim, JH Lee… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Oxymatrine (OMT) is a major alkaloid found in radix Sophorae flavescentis extract and has
been reported to exhibit various pharmacological activities. We elucidated the detailed …

Anti-cancer effects of oxymatrine are mediated through multiple molecular mechanism (s) in tumor models

CE Halim, SL Xinjing, L Fan, JB Vitarbo, F Arfuso… - Pharmacological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Oxymatrine (OMT) is a quinolizidine alkaloid derived from the roots of the Sophora genus
plants. It has been widely used as a treatment for chronic hepatitis infections and …

Efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine in treating cancer

J Nie, C Zhao, LI Deng, J Chen, B Yu… - Biomedical …, 2016 - spandidos-publications.com
The morbidity associated with cancer has rapidly increased in recent years, and in the
previous 5 years has had a tendency to be the leading cause of fatality compared with …

Antitumor activities of kushen: literature review

M Sun, H Cao, L Sun, S Dong, Y Bian… - Evidence‐Based …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
To discover and develop novel natural compounds with therapeutic selectivity or that can
preferentially kill cancer cells without significant toxicity to normal cells is an important area …