06/12/2019 / By Janine Acero
Researchers from Colombia evaluated extracts from Caesalpinia spinosa, commonly known as spiny holdback tree, for their antitumor activities and to see if the plant can be a possible adjuvant to conventional chemotherapy medicine. Their findings were published in The American Journal of Chinese Medicine.
Based on these results, the researchers concluded that P2Et could be used as an adjuvant to conventional chemotherapy to treat tumors with a multi-drug resistant (MDR) phenotype or with high frequency of CSC.
Journal Reference:
Sandoval TA, Uruena CP, Llano M, Gomez-Cadena A, Hernandez JF, Sequeda LG, Loaiza AE, Barreto A, Li S, Fiorentino S. STANDARDIZED EXTRACT FROM CAESALPINIA SPINOSA IS CYTOTOXIC OVER CANCER STEM CELLS AND ENHANCE ANTICANCER ACTIVITY OF DOXORUBICIN. The American Journal of Chinese Medicine. 2016;44(08):1693–1717. DOI: 10.1142/s0192415x16500956
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