Anti-breast cancer agents from Chinese herbal medicines.

Lisha You, Rui An, Kun Liang, Xinhong Wang

School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, PR China. yls@shutcm.edu.cn

Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry 2013 Jan

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Chinese Herbal Medicines (CHM) have been used in disease prevention and treatment for centuries in China. A number of anti-breast cancer agents isolated from CHM recently, showed very interesting structures, although some of the mechanism of action is not quite clear. These unique chemical structures could be an important information resource for new anti-breast cancer drugs' design and discovery. This review summarizes these findings on anti-breast cancer agents from CHM.

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Lisha You, Rui An, Kun Liang, Xinhong Wang. Anti-breast cancer agents from Chinese herbal medicines. Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry. 2013 Jan;13(1):101-5