Cancer Inhibitors from Chinese Natural Medicines

by Jun-Ping Xu (Author)

Nature is an attractive source of therapeutic and preventive compounds, and with such chemical diversity found in millions of species of plants, over 60% of currently used anticancer agents are derived from natural sources. Cancer Inhibitors from Chinese Natural Medicines summarizes new advancements in the experimental and clinical research of a selection of promising cancer inhibitors. It focuses on the latest scientific investigations of 238 Chinese herbs and discusses important aspects, including the types of inhibitors in the herbs, level of potency, mechanisms, and the advances in modification and formulation. Formulations from nano-particulates and immunotoxins in cancer inhibitors are also included in this comprehensive resource.

About the Author
Jun-Ping Xu earned a PhD in pharmaceutical sciences and medicinal chemistry at the Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences in Japan in 1988. He has worked at the Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry and the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr. Xu currently works at the Cancer Research Institute and School of Molecular Sciences at Arizona State University, USA, as a research professor.