Open AccessResearch Progress of Anti-tumor Effects of Curcuma zedoaria and its Active Ingredients Through Immune Regulation Mechanism
Author(s) -
Zhuli Hou,
Gang Fang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of clinical and nursing research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2208-3693
pISSN - 2208-3685
DOI - 10.26689/jcnr.v5i4.2300
Subject(s) - curcuma , mechanism (biology) , active ingredient , immune system , medicine , traditional medicine , adverse effect , pharmacology , immunology , philosophy , epistemology
The continuous increase in the incidence rate of various fatal malignant tumors in the recent years warrants an imperative search for medications or drugs with obvious anti-tumor effects and reliable curative effects. Previous studies have found that Curcuma zedoaria and its active ingredients, such as turmeric oil, curcumol, and ?-elemene, have obvious anti-tumor effects, and they do not have the adverse reactions and side effects seen in the anti-tumor drugs of Western medicine. Based on the review and inductive analysis of related literature, we summarize in the present article the results of some researchers who investigated the anti-tumor effects of Curcuma zedoaria and its active ingredients through the immune regulation mechanism.