Abstract:
The present invention discloses a method of treating cancer comprising administering an effective amount of an alkaloid, in which the alkaloid is liensinine, isoliensinine, dauricine, cepharanthine, hernandezine or thalidezine and isolated from the traditional Chinese medicinal herbs. The use of the alkaloid in treating neurodegenerative disorder is also disclosed.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a method of treating neurodegenerative disorder comprising administering an effective amount of an alkaloid which is a bisbenzylisoquinline alkaloid isolated from the traditional Chinese medicinal herb Nelumbo nucifera. The pharmaceutical composition thereof for treating Huntington's disease is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A method for treating a subject suffering from a neurodegenerative disease includes administering at least one triterpenoid which can be obtained from Hedera helix. A method for treating a subject suffering from a neurodegenerative disease includes administering an effective amount of a Hedera helix extract which comprises the triterpenoid. The neurodegenerative disease is preferably but not exclusively Parkinson's disease or Huntington's disease. Methods for extracting the triterpenoid from Hedera helix and a method for inducing autophagy in cells by contacting them with the triterpenoid are also provided. The triterpenoid allows an exceptional induction of autophagy, in particular a significant reduction of the protein level of mutant huntingtin, a significant reduction of the protein level of A53T α-synuclein, a significant inhibition of the oligomerization of α-synuclein and a significant inhibition of the inclusion formation of huntingtin via the AMPK-mTOR dependent autophagy inducing pathway.
Abstract:
Prenylated isoflavones are suitable to specifically inhibit P-glycoprotein in multidrug-resistant cancer cells leading to an accumulation of cytotoxic compounds or therapeutic compounds in the cells while having exceptionally increased cytotoxic activity specifically towards multidrug-resistant cancer cells and while allowing for an increased activity of chemotherapeutic compounds towards which the cells are resistant.Also in accordance with the present invention is a method for specifically targeting cancer cells with multidrug-resistance as well as a method of potentiating the activity of a chemotherapeutic compound in multidrug-resistant cancer cells. In a further aspect, a kit including a prenylated isoflavone and a chemotherapeutic compound is provided.
Abstract:
A quinonemethide triterpenoid is administered to subjects with multidrug-resistant cancer, in particular a cancer with enhanced expression and/or functional activity of ABC transporter proteins such as P-glycoprotein and/or an apoptosis-deficient, in particular p53-, Bax- or Bak-deficient, cancer, i.e. specific subgroups of subjects with cancer. The quinonemethide triterpenoid is suitable to treat cancer allowing for an accumulation of cytotoxic or therapeutic compounds in the cells while having exceptionally increased cytotoxic activity towards the multidrug-resistant cancer cells and while allowing for an increased activity of chemotherapeutic compounds. Methods for specifically targeting cancer cells with multidrug-resistance and methods for potentiating the activity of a chemotherapeutic compound in those cancer cells are also disclosed. A kit including a quinonemethide triterpenoid and a chemotherapeutic compound is also provided.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a method of treating cancer comprising administering an effective amount of an alkaloid, in which the alkaloid is liensinine, isoliensinine, dauricine, cepharanthine, hernandezine or thalidezine and isolated from the traditional Chinese medicinal herbs. The use of the alkaloid in treating neurodegenerative disorder is also disclosed.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a method of treating cancer comprising administering an effective amount of an alkaloid, in which the alkaloid is liensinine, isoliensinine, dauricine, cepharanthine, hernandezine or thalidezine and isolated from the traditional Chinese medicinal herbs. The use of the alkaloid in treating neurodegenerative disorder is also disclosed.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a method of treating cancer comprising administering an effective amount of an alkaloid, in which the alkaloid is liensinine, isoliensinine, dauricine, cepharanthine, hernandezine or thalidezine and isolated from the traditional Chinese medicinal herbs. The use of the alkaloid in treating neurodegenerative disorder is also disclosed.
Abstract:
Use and application of Onjisaponin B derived and isolated from Radix Polygalae as novel autophagy enhancer are provided. A method of preventing, treating and/or delaying the onset of neurodegenerative diseases comprising administering an effective amount of Onjisaponin B is also provided.
Abstract translation:本发明提供了从根部提取和分离的Onjisaponin B作为新的自噬增强剂的应用和应用。 还提供了预防,治疗和/或延缓神经变性疾病发作的方法,包括给予有效量的Onjisaponin B.