Keywords
Curcuma zedoaria and its active ingredients
Immune regulation
Mechanism
Anti-tumor effect
Submitted : 2021-07-03
Accepted : 2021-07-18
Published : 2021-08-02
Abstract
The continuous increase in the incidence rate of various fatal malignant tumors in the recent years warrants an imperative search for medications or drugs with obvious anti-tumor effects and reliable curative effects. Previous studies have found that Curcuma zedoaria and its active ingredients, such as turmeric oil, curcumol, and ?-elemene, have obvious anti-tumor effects, and they do not have the adverse reactions and side effects seen in the anti-tumor drugs of Western medicine. Based on the review and inductive analysis of related literature, we summarize in the present article the results of some researchers who investigated the anti-tumor effects of Curcuma zedoaria and its active ingredients through the immune regulation mechanism.
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