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Curcuma wenyujin is a Chinese traditional herbal medicine that is commonly used as an anti-oxidant, anti-proliferative, and anti-tumorigenic agent. Curcumol is a representative index component for the quality control of the essential oil of Curcuma wenyujin, which is currently used as Elemene (1-methyl-1-vinyl-2,4-diisopropenyl-cyclohexane) is a naturally occurring compound that can be isolated from the traditional Chinese medicinal herb Curcuma wenyujin. β-elemene, its active component, has recently been demonstrated to enhance the radiosensitivity of human cancer cell lines in
A number of studies indicate that free radicals are involved in the neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The role of superoxide anion (O2*-) in neuronal cell injury induced by reactive oxygen species (ROS) was examined in PC12 cells using pyrogallol (1,2,3-benzenetrior), a donor to release
The aim of the present study was to investigate the vascular normalization effect of traditional Chinese medicine Astragalus membranaceus (AM) and Curcuma wenyujin (CW) on tumor-derived endothelial cells (TECs).TECs were isolated from the xenografted HCC Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is associated with gene transcription, protein translation and initiation, the synthesis of ribosomes, and apoptosis. The down regulation of mTOR induces apoptosis in malignant tumor cells. Elemene, a sesquiterpene from the traditional Chinese medicinal herb