Leukemia Research
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 649-650, June 2006

Natural products and the treatment of leukemia

  • Terry Hamblin

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University of Southampton c/o Department of Haematology, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Castle Lane East, Bournemouth BH7 7DW, United Kingdom

Received 21 October 2005 published online 07 March 2011.

Abstract 

Plants have been the source of many medicines in the pharmacopoeia. So much so that an industry has arisen selling plant extracts as health foods. To a great degree it operates over the internet and it chiefly caters to the worried well. However, cancer patients frequently take plant extracts in addition to their prescribed medicines. These extracts are not biologically inactive, and many have important pro-apoptotic effects on cancer cell-lines in vitro. In this issue a study of the in vivo effects of green tea extract in low grade lymphomas is reported. The results are sufficiently encouraging to initiate a formal clinical trial.

Keywords: CLL, EGCG, Natural products, Polyphenols, Green tea, Bioflavonoids

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PII: S0145-2126(05)00417-0

doi:10.1016/j.leukres.2005.10.023

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Leukemia Research
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 649-650, June 2006

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