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Effect of ethyl acetate extract of usnea longissima on esophagogastric adenocarcinoma in rats

Acta cir. bras; 34 (3), 2019
Abstract Purpose: To investigate the effects of the EtOAc extract of U. longissima which is uninvestigated previously on esophagogastric cancer induced in rats with N-methyl-N-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidin (MNNG). Methods: The anticancer activity of EtOAc extract of U. longissima was examined in the esopha...

Upregulation of miR-129-5p increases the sensitivity to Taxol through inhibiting HMGB1-mediated cell autophagy in breast cancer MCF-7 cells

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 52 (11), 2019
Although Taxol has improved the survival of cancer patients as a first-line chemotherapeutic agent, an increasing number of patients develop resistance to Taxol after prolonged treatment. The potential mechanisms of cancer cell resistance to Taxol are not completely clear. It has been reported that micro...

The clinical efficacy and safety of paclitaxel combined with avastin for NSCLC patients diagnosed with malignant pleural effusion

Summary Objective: The current study aimed to investigate the clinical efficacy of paclitaxel combined with avastin for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients diagnosed with malignant pleural effusion (MPE). Method: Total of 33 patients diagnosed with NSCLC as well as malignant pleural effusion we...

Evaluation of cytotoxic and antitumoral properties of Tessaria absinthioides (Hook & Arn) DC, "pájaro bobo", aqueous extract

Medicina (B.Aires); 77 (4), 2017
Higher plants have provided various natural derived drugs used currently in western medicine. Tessaria absinthioides (Hook. & Arn.) DC, Asteraceae, is a native plant from South-America with reported ethnopharmacological and culinary uses. Despite recent scientific reports about plants properties, there i...

Actividad antitumoral de la curcumina asociada a la regulación de mecanismos epigenéticos: implicaciones en la vía Wnt/-catenina
Antitumor activity of curcumin associated with regulation of epigenetic mechanisms: implications for the Wnt/-catenin pathway

Rev. cuba. plantas med; 21 (4), 2016
Introducción: la curcumina es el principal compuesto polifenólico bioactivo de la planta Curcuma longa. Esta molécula ha mostrado efectos antioxidantes, anti-inflamatorios y anticancerígenos en diferentes modelos experimentales. Como parte de su actividad benéfica en células tumorales, se le ha aso...

Pneumatosis intestinalis after etoposide-based chemotherapy in a patient with metastatic small cell lung cancer: successful conservative management of a rare condition

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 14 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT A 69-year-old male patient, smoker, was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer metastatic to lung, liver and central nervous system. He received chemotherapy with carboplatin AUC 5 on day 1 and etoposide 100mg/m2 on days 1, 2 and 3. During the first cycle, the patient presented with febrile neutr...

Evaluation of the purified fraction of Wilbrandia (c. f. ) verticillata for antitumour activity

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 86 (supl.2), 1991
Cucurbatacins are known to produce cytotoxic and anticancer activities. Two novel norcucurbitacin glucosides (Wvl and Wv2) have recently been isolated from a purified fraction obtained from the rhizome of Wilbrandia verticillata. The present study evaluates the cytotoxic and anti-tumour activities of the...

Studies on bioactive components from Chinese medicinal plants

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 86 (supl.2), 1991
Several novel bioactive components isolated from Chinese medicinal plants will be presented. These include novel maytansinoid tumor, inhibitors, some new ent-kaurane and rosane diterpenoids from Mallotus anomalus Meer et Chun (Euphorbiaceae), as well asnovel insecticide, stemona alkaloids from Stemona pa...