Review of Elemene Injection in Treating Malignant Pleural Effusions and Ascites
10.3969/j.issn.1005-5304.2015.10.041
- VernacularTitle:榄香烯注射液治疗恶性胸腹腔积液述评
- Author:
Ziyu JIANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
elemene injection;
malignant pleural effusions and ascites;
review
- From:
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine
2015;(10):134-136
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Malignant pleural effusions and ascites are common complications in various cancers, which are difficulties in clinical treatment. Elemene injection, with the main ingredient ofβ-elemene, extracted from Chinese herbal medicine Curcumae Rhizoma, has broad-spectrum antitumor activity by inhibiting proliferation and inducing apoptosis in several types of solid tumor cells. This article reviewed the clinical experience of Chinese scholars in treating malignant pleural effusions and ascites with elemene injection.
