Suppressive Mechanism of Platycodi Radix in B16F10 Melanoma Cell Metastasis

  • Lee, Kyung-Jin (Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Research Center for Proteineous Materials, Chosun University) ;
  • Jeong, Hye-Gwang (Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Research Center for Proteineous Materials, Chosun University)
  • Published : 2003.04.01

Abstract

Herbal medicines are increasingly being utilized to treat a wide variety of disease processes. In this study, we assayed the preventive and therapeutic effects of aqueous extract from the roots of Platycodon grandilflorum A. DC, Changil (CK) on experimental metastasis induced by melanoma cell (816F10) in C56BL6 mice. The functional specificity of CK was investigated in tumor cell metastasis. (omitted)

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