Lin Chih-Cheng, Chung Yuan-Chiang, Hsu Chih-Ping
Chih-Cheng Lin, Department of Biotechnology, Yuanpei University, Hsinchu City 30015, Taiwan, China.
World J Exp Med. 2012 Aug 20;2(4):78-85. doi: 10.5493/wjem.v2.i4.78.
Polyphenol-rich plants are known to possess benefits to human health. Recent studies have revealed that many Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCMs) are rich sources of polyphenols and exhibit antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities, and these TCMs have been shown experimentally to overcome some chronic diseases, including cancer. Longan flowers and seeds, two TCMs traditionally used for relieving pain and urinary diseases, have been revealed in our recent reports and other studies to possess rich amounts of polyphenolic species and exhibit strong anti-oxidant activity, and these could be applied for the treatment of diabetes and cancer. Herein, we review the recent findings regarding the benefits of these two TCMs in the treatment of human cancer and the possible cellular and molecular mechanisms of both substances.
富含多酚的植物已知对人体健康有益。最近的研究表明，许多传统中药（TCM）是多酚的丰富来源，并具有抗氧化和抗炎活性，并且这些中药已通过实验证明可克服一些慢性疾病，包括癌症。龙眼花和种子是两种传统上用于缓解疼痛和泌尿系统疾病的中药，我们最近的报告和其他研究表明它们含有大量的多酚类物质并具有很强的抗氧化活性，这些可用于治疗糖尿病和癌症。在此，我们综述了关于这两种中药在治疗人类癌症方面的益处以及这两种物质可能的细胞和分子机制的最新研究结果。
