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Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2010, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (2): 225-232.

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Saponins in tumor therapy

SHANG Li-li1, SUN Jian-guo1, XIE Hai-tang2, WANG Guang-ji1   

  1. 1 Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China;
    2 Anhui Provincial Centre for Drug Clinical Evaluation of Wannan Medical College,Wuhu 241001, Anhui, China
  • Received:2009-12-07 Revised:2010-01-11 Online:2010-02-26 Published:2020-09-18

Abstract: Saponins are structurally diverse compounds, most of which have amazing anti-tumorigenic effect. This review summarizes the role of saponins in tumor therapy, the mechanism of actions and their structure-activity relationship, thus giving some information to the futher mechanism research and new naturally occurring anti-tumor drugs discovery.

Key words: Saponin, Anti-tumor, Structure-activity relationship

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