[Current situation, problem analyses and its countermeasure of formulae of traditional Chinese medicine (FTCM) preventing and curing tumor angiogenesis].
Malignant tumor is the common disease that threaten severely to people's health. Formulae of traditional Chinese medicine (FTCM), as the major component of traditional drugs, has played more important role on the prevention and cure to tumor. The Folkman's theory that tumorous growth depends on tumor neovascularization has been confirmed so many years, so to inhibit the tumor angiogenesis, is an important path to treat tumor. The research of FTCM to antagonizing tumor angiogenesis in our country has been started more lately. Since it has been reported some FTCMs can inhibit angiogenesis, and it also exists many problems. The article summarized the correlated research of FTCM to antagonize tumor angiogenesis for the past several years, and according this, analyzed, stated and commented to the problems, countermeasures, development and direction of PTCM to antagonize tumor angiogenesis.
Xi
Shengyan
S
Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Medical College, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. xishengyan13204@163.com
Wang
Yanhui
Y
Zhao
Yufang
Y
Lu
Dawei
D
Li
Pengcheng
P
Zhang
Qian
Q
D000818:Animals; D002626:Chemistry, Pharmaceutical; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control*
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal