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Thai Traditional Medicine Herb “Haem” Kills Cancer cells

Thai Traditional Medicine Herb “Haem” Kills Cancer cells.

Aachan, Prof. Dr. Anthony B. James

Anthony B James DNM(C), ND, MD(AM), DOM(C), DPHC(h.c.), PhD, RAC, SMOKH

Researchers at Department of Pharmacology and Traditional and Complementary Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand demonstrated that the Thai Medicinal Herb Haem (Thai) also known as “Tree Tumeric” had a beneficial and clinically verifiable effect in both killing and inhibiting cell growth on human head and neck cancer cell line (HN31). Continue reading Thai Traditional Medicine Herb “Haem” Kills Cancer cells

Cytotoxic Effect of Coscinium fenestratum on Human Head and Neck Cancer Cell Line (HN31)

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:701939. doi: 10.1155/2015/701939. Epub 2015 May 17.

Author information

  • 1Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
  • 2Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand ; Center of Thai Traditional and Complementary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.

Abstract (Read the original Abstract at PubMed)

Coscinium fenestratum is widely used as a medicinal plant in many Asian countries. This study aimed to investigate the cytotoxic effect of a crude water extract of C. fenestratum (CF extract) compared to 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) on human HN31 cell line, a metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the pharynx.

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