A review of traditional Chinese medicine for treatment of glioblastoma

J Wang, F Qi, Z Wang, Z Zhang, N Pan, L Huai… - Bioscience …, 2019 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary malignant intracranial tumor. Due to its
high morbidity, high mortality, high recurrence rate, and low cure rate, it has brought great …

Matrine: Bioactivities and structural modifications

J Huang, H Xu - Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Matrine is a quinolizidine alkaloid isolated from the roots of Sophora flavescens (Kushen),
Sophora tonkinensis, and Sophora alopecuroides (Kudouzi). Matrine and its derivatives …

The pharmacology of the genus Sophora (Fabaceae): An updated review

SH Aly, AM Elissawy, OA Eldahshan, MA Elshanawany… - Phytomedicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The genus Sophora (Fabaceae) represents one of the important
medicinal plant genera regarding its chemical constituents and outstanding …

Anti-cancer potential of sophoridine and its derivatives: Recent progress and future perspectives

H ur Rashid, S Rasool, Y Ali, K Khan… - Bioorganic Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Cancer is the second leading cause of mortality and has resulted in about 9.6 million deaths
around the world in 2018. Cancer-caused deaths are expected to be 11.5 million by 2030 all …

Juglone induces apoptosis of tumor stem-like cells through ROS-p38 pathway in glioblastoma

J Wu, H Zhang, Y Xu, J Zhang, W Zhu, Y Zhang… - BMC neurology, 2017 - Springer
Background Juglone is a natural pigment, which has cytotoxic effect against various human
tumor cells. However, its cytotoxicity to glioma cells, especially to tumor stem-like cells …

[HTML][HTML] Matrine induction of ROS mediated apoptosis in human ALL B-lymphocytes via mitochondrial targeting

M Aghvami, F Ebrahimi, MH Zarei, A Salimi… - Asian Pacific journal …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is one of the most common malignancies
among children, characterized by mass production of leukemic blasts. Chemotherapy is the …

Design, synthesis, biological evaluation and structure-activity relationship of sophoridine derivatives bearing pyrrole or indole scaffold as potential antitumor agents

Z Li, M Luo, B Cai, M Huang, J Jiang, L Wang… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Taking sophoridine as a lead compound, 58 sophoridine derivatives were designed,
synthesized and evaluated for their antiproliferative activity in the HepG2 cancer cell line …

Synthesis and biological evaluation of sophoridinol derivatives as a novel family of potential anticancer agents

C Bi, C Zhang, Y Li, S Tang, S Wang… - ACS Medicinal …, 2014 - ACS Publications
New N-substituted sophoridinic acid/ester and sophoridinol derivatives were synthesized
and evaluated for their cytotoxic activity in human HepG2 hepatoma cells from the lead …

Oxymatrine inhibits proliferation and migration while inducing apoptosis in human glioblastoma cells

F Liu, B Wang, J Wang, X Ling, Q Li… - BioMed Research …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Oxymatrine (OMT), an alkaloid derived from the traditional Chinese medicine herb Sophora
flavescens Aiton, has been shown to exhibit anticancer properties on various types of cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Anti-inflammatory effects of triterpenes and steroid compounds isolated from the stem bark of Hiptage benghalensis

CL Hsu, SC Fang, HW Huang, GC Yen - Journal of functional foods, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, we investigated the anti-inflammatory effects of triterpenes and steroid
derivative isolated from the stem bark of Hiptage benghalensis in LPS-stimulated RAW …