Traditional Chinese medicine as a cancer treatment: Modern perspectives of ancient but advanced science

Y Xiang, Z Guo, P Zhu, J Chen, Y Huang - Cancer medicine, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been practiced for thousands of years and at the
present time is widely accepted as an alternative treatment for cancer. In this review, we …

Naturally occurring anti-cancer compounds: shining from Chinese herbal medicine

H Luo, CT Vong, H Chen, Y Gao, P Lyu, L Qiu, M Zhao… - Chinese medicine, 2019 - Springer
Numerous natural products originated from Chinese herbal medicine exhibit anti-cancer
activities, including anti-proliferative, pro-apoptotic, anti-metastatic, anti-angiogenic effects …

Anticancer effects and mechanisms of berberine from medicinal herbs: An update review

RG Xiong, SY Huang, SX Wu, DD Zhou, ZJ Yang… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer has been a serious public health problem. Berberine is a famous natural compound
from medicinal herbs and shows many bioactivities, such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory …

The anti-cancer mechanisms of berberine: A review

Y Wang, Y Liu, X Du, H Ma, J Yao - Cancer management and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Berberine (BBR) has been extensively studied in vivo and vitro experiments. BBR inhibits
cell proliferation by regulating cell cycle and cell autophagy, and promoting cell apoptosis …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of resveratrol, curcumin, berberine and other nutraceuticals on aging, cancer development, cancer stem cells and microRNAs

JA McCubrey, K Lertpiriyapong, LS Steelman… - Aging (Albany …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Natural products or nutraceuticals have been shown to elicit anti-aging, anti-cancer and
other health-enhancing effects. A key target of the effects of natural products may be the …

A natural isoquinoline alkaloid with antitumor activity: studies of the biological activities of berberine

D Liu, X Meng, D Wu, Z Qiu, H Luo - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Coptis, a traditional medicinal plant, has been used widely in the field of traditional Chinese
medicine for many years. More recently, the chemical composition and bioactivity of Coptis …

Natural products inhibitors of monoamine oxidases—Potential new drug leads for neuroprotection, neurological disorders, and neuroblastoma

ND Chaurasiya, F Leon, I Muhammad, BL Tekwani - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) are an important class of drugs prescribed for
treatment of depression and other neurological disorders. Evidence has suggested that …

Role of berberine in Alzheimer's disease

Z Cai, C Wang, W Yang - Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Berberine, an important protoberberine isoquinoline alkaloid, has several pharmacological
activities, including antimicrobial, glucose-and cholesterol-lowering, antitumoral, and …

Therapeutic targeting of Ras/Raf/MAPK pathway by natural products: a systematic and mechanistic approach for neurodegeneration

MM Gravandi, S Abdian, M Tahvilian, A Iranpanah… - Phytomedicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Multiple dysregulated pathways are behind the pathogenesis of
neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs); however, the crucial targets are still unknown …

Berberine could inhibit thyroid carcinoma cells by inducing mitochondrial apoptosis, G0/G1 cell cycle arrest and suppressing migration via PI3K-AKT and MAPK …

L Li, X Wang, R Sharvan, J Gao, S Qu - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2017 - Elsevier
Berberine, an important natural isoquinoline alkaloid from traditional Chinese medicine, is
reported to exhibit multiple pharmacological properties, including anti-microbial, anti …