Application of acetyl boswellic acid in preparing antitumor agent
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- INST OF MATERIA MEDICA CHINESE ACAD OF MEDICAL SCI
- Publication Date
- 2003-08-20
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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[0001] The invention relates to a new application of pentacyclic triterpenes extracted from the traditional Chinese medicine frankincense, acetylboswellic acid (BC-4) in the preparation of antitumor agents, that is, the second use of the medicine. Background technique
[0002] Cancer is a serious threat to human life. The combination of surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy has successfully improved the cure rate of various malignant tumors and reduced the mortality of cancer patients. However, many factors, such as tumor invasion and metastasis and resulting recurrence after treatment, strong toxic and side effects of anticancer drugs, and drug resistance of cancer cells, still limit the therapeutic effect of malignant tumors. The behavior of invasion and metastasis is the most essential characteristic of malignant tumors, and it is also the crux of the lethality of malignant tumors. Preventing the invasion and metastasis of carcinoma in situ with chemical...