Abstract
Licorice as a kind of traditional Chinese medicine is widely used for more than one thousand years. Modern studies show that Licorice has antibacterial, antiviral, antioxidant, and other pharmacological effects. In recent years, the anti-tumor effect of Licorice has evoked the great interest due to its bioactive ingredients. The most active ingredients in Licorice mainly include triterpenes, flavonoids, polysaccharides, and so on. In this review, a comprehensive overview on the active ingredients of Glycyrrhiza and its antitumor mechanism was addressed.
Keywords: Glycyrrhizic acid, glycyrrhetinic acid, glycyrrhizic flavones, glycyrrhizic amylose, anticancer
Current Bioactive Compounds
Title: Research Advances on Anticancer Effect of Licorice
Volume: 5 Issue: 3
Author(s): Tianshui Niu, Jianshe Yang, Long Zhang, Xiao Cheng, Kai Li and Gang Zhou
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Keywords: Glycyrrhizic acid, glycyrrhetinic acid, glycyrrhizic flavones, glycyrrhizic amylose, anticancer
Abstract: Licorice as a kind of traditional Chinese medicine is widely used for more than one thousand years. Modern studies show that Licorice has antibacterial, antiviral, antioxidant, and other pharmacological effects. In recent years, the anti-tumor effect of Licorice has evoked the great interest due to its bioactive ingredients. The most active ingredients in Licorice mainly include triterpenes, flavonoids, polysaccharides, and so on. In this review, a comprehensive overview on the active ingredients of Glycyrrhiza and its antitumor mechanism was addressed.
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Niu Tianshui, Yang Jianshe, Zhang Long, Cheng Xiao, Li Kai and Zhou Gang, Research Advances on Anticancer Effect of Licorice, Current Bioactive Compounds 2009; 5 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157340709789054803
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157340709789054803 |
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Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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