Yokukansan Alleviates Cancer Pain by Suppressing Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 in a Mouse Bone Metastasis Model

Bone cancer pain control is difficult because it includes various characteristics of pain such as nociceptic and neuropathic pain. In this study, we investigated the effect of yokukansan (YKS), one of the traditional Japanese herbal medicines, on cancer pain in mouse bone metastasis model. Oral admi...

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Main Authors: Kenta Nakao, Atsushi Fujiwara, Nobuyasu Komasawa, Denan Jin, Manabu Kitano, Sayuri Matsunami, Shinji Takai, Seiji Ito, Toshiaki Minami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/2956920