The invention provides application of Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis
polysaccharide and an antitumor
drug containing Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis
polysaccharide. The application refers to application of the Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis
polysaccharide as a synergist in antitumor
drug preparation. The antitumor
drug contains a Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis polysaccharide synergist, antitumor
active components and pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. The invention for the first time finds that
combined use of seaweed Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis polysaccharide with
chemotherapy drugs
paclitaxel,
fluorouracil,
methotrexate,
cisplatin and the like can increase the
treatment effect of
chemotherapy drugs on tumors. The
combined use of Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis polysaccharide with
chemotherapy drugs can achieve the effect of inhibiting tumor proliferation and activity on a plurality of
tumor cells with different tissue origins, including
lung cancer, gastric
cancer,
cervical cancer and the like, the synergistic effect of Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis polysaccharide on
chemotherapy drugs is
dose-dependent, and in Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis polysaccharide in-vitro
cell experiments, the working concentration does not show
toxicity, with the characteristics of rich
medicine sources, safety and no
toxicity, the Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis polysaccharide can be developed into antitumor drugs or preventive health care products used for antitumor
chemotherapy drug synergists, and has clinical application prospect.