Anticachectic effects of the natural herb Coptidis rhizoma and berberine on mice bearing colon 26/clone 20 adenocarcinoma.

Iizuka, Norio; Hazama, Shoichi; Yoshimura, Kiyoshi; Yoshino, Shigefumi; Tangoku, Akira; Miyamoto, Koji; Okita, Kiwamu; Oka, Masaaki

Iizuka, Norio; Hazama, Shoichi; Yoshimura, Kiyoshi; Yoshino, Shigefumi; Tangoku, Akira; Miyamoto, Koji; Okita, Kiwamu; Oka, Masaaki.

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Iizuka N; Department of Bioregulatory Function, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan. iizuka@po.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp

Int J Cancer ; 99(2): 286-91, 2002 May 10.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11979446

Subject(s)

Adenocarcinoma/complications; Berberine/therapeutic use; Cachexia/drug therapy; Colonic Neoplasms/complications; Drugs, Chinese Herbal/therapeutic use; Adenocarcinoma/chemistry; Adenocarcinoma/pathology; Adipose Tissue/pathology; Animals; Cachexia/etiology; Colonic Neoplasms/chemistry; Colonic Neoplasms/pathology; Coptis chinensis; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Gene Expression/drug effects; Interleukin-1/pharmacology; Interleukin-6/analysis; Interleukin-6/genetics; Interleukin-6/physiology; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Muscle, Skeletal/pathology; Neoplasm Transplantation; Nutritional Status; RNA, Messenger/analysis; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Spleen/chemistry; Weight Loss

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Database: MEDLINE Traditional Medicines: Medicinas_tradicionales_de_asia / Medicina_china Therapeutic Methods and Therapies TCIM: Terapias_biologicas / Plantas_medicinales Main subject: Berberine / Cachexia / Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Adenocarcinoma / Colonic Neoplasms Type of study: Etiology_studies Language: En Journal: Int J Cancer Year: 2002 Type: Article Affiliation country: Japan

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