Zhongliu Fangzhi Yanjiu (Jun 2018)

Application Status of C-phycocyanin in Anti-tumor

  • LIU Huihui,
  • JIANG Liangqian,
  • WANG Yujuan,
  • LIU Guoxiang,
  • JI Huanhuan,
  • REN Junyi,
  • LI Bing

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3971/j.issn.1000-8578.2018.17.1464
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 45, no. 6
pp. 420 – 424

Abstract

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In recent years, the search for anti-tumor drugs with high efficiency, low toxicity and little side effects in marine organisms has attracted the attention of scholars. C-phycocyanin (C-PC) has toxic and side effects on a variety of tumor cells, which can inhibit the growth of tumor cells and promote the apoptosis of tumor cells. Phycocyanin combined with other drugs can improve its anti-tumor activity. This review discusses the therapeutic use of phycocyanin and focuses on the latest advances of phycocyanin as a promising natural anti-cancer drug.

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