Escin Chemosensitizes Human Pancreatic Cancer Cells and Inhibits the Nuclear Factor-kappaB Signaling Pathway

Background. There is an urgent need to develop new treatment strategies and drugs for pancreatic cancer that is highly resistant to radio-chemotherapy. Aesculus hippocastanum (the horse chestnut) known in Chinese medicine as a plant with anti-inflammatory, antiedema, antianalgesic, and antipyretic a...

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Main Authors: A. Rimmon, A. Vexler, L. Berkovich, G. Earon, I. Ron, S. Lev-Ari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Biochemistry Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/251752