Potential roles of longan flower and seed extracts for anticancer

• 作者: Chih-Cheng Lin Chih-Ping Hsu Yuan-Chiang Chung
• 来源期刊: 世界实验医学杂志
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: LONGAN FLOWER LONGAN SEED Cancer ONCOPROTEIN Tumor SUPPRESSOR Traditional Chinese Medicine
• 年，卷（期）: 2012,（4）
• 页码范围: 78-85
• 页数: 8页
• 分类号: R

摘要

Polyphenol-rich plants are known to possess benefits to human health.Recent studies have revealed that many Traditional Chinese Medicines(TCMs)are rich sources of polyphenols and exhibit antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities,and these TCMs have been shown experimentally to overcome some chronic diseases,including cancer.Longan flowers and seeds,two TCMs traditionally used for relieving pain and urinary diseases,have been revealed in our recent reports and other studies to possess rich amounts of polyphenolic species and exhibit strong anti-oxidant activity,and these could be applied for the treatment of diabetes and cancer.Herein,we review the recent findings regarding the benefits of these two TCMs in the treatment of human cancer and the possible cellular and molecular mechanisms of both substances.