Anticancer activities and mechanisms of heat-clearing and detoxicating traditional Chinese herbal medicine
Abstract In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) theory, pathogenic heat and toxins, which are akin to the inflammatory factors, are the causes of cancer and could promote its virulent development. Therefore, heat-clearing and detoxicating (HCD) herbs are essential components of TCM formulas for cance...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-07-01
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Series: | Chinese Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13020-017-0140-2 |