[Extraction and anti-tumor activity study of polysaccharide in several traditional Chinese medicine]

Zhong Yao Cai. 2007 Feb;30(2):179-82.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Polysaccharides in Several traditional Chinese medicine compounds of Dioscorea bulbifera L, Dioscorea bulbifera L and Chinese Angelica compounds (3: 2 by mass ratio), Hedyotis diffusa Willd and Scutellrla barbata D. Don compounds (3: 2 by mass ratio) were extracted by ultrasound and the content of polysaccharides were determined by the colorimetry. Dioscorea bulbifera L and Chinese Angelica compounds contained the biggest polysaccharide, 16. 509%. All of these three kinds of polysaccharide had anti-tumor activity. The anti-tumor activity was Dioscorea bulbifera L and Chinese Angelica compounds > Hedyotis diffusa Willd and Scutellrla barbata D. Don compounds > Dioscorea bubifera L.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Angelica sinensis / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / chemistry
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / isolation & purification
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Lamiaceae / chemistry
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Polysaccharides / isolation & purification*
  • Polysaccharides / pharmacology
  • Rubiaceae / chemistry

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Polysaccharides