Advances in Research on Antitumor Activities of Cordycepin
WANG Zheng1, WU Xue3, LIU Jian-li2, TANG Zhi-shu1*
1. Shaanxi Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory of New Drugs and Chinese Medicine Foundation Research, Shaanxi Rheumatism and Tumor Center of TCM Engineering Technology Research,Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang 712083, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education,College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi��an 710069, China; 3. Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi��an, China
Abstract��Cordycepin is a main active constituent of the famous traditional Chinese medicines Cordyceps sinensis and Cordyceps militaris. The antitumor activities and molecular mechanism of cordycepin on leukemia cells, lung cancer cells, hepatoma cells, prostatic carcinoma cells, cervical-cancer cells, colon cancer cells, leydig tumor cells, glioma cells and thyroid carcinoma cells were summarized.
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WANG Zheng, WU Xue, LIU Jian-li, TANG Zhi-shu. Advances in Research on Antitumor Activities of Cordycepin. Chinese Pharmaceutical Journal, 2015, 50(16): 1365-1368.
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