Russian Open Medical Journal (Sep 2012)

Effect of extracts of Gratiola officinalis and Zea mays on the tumor and the morphology of the internal organs of rats with transplanted liver cancer

  • Nikita A. Navolokin,
  • Natalya V. Polukonova,
  • Galina N. Maslyakova,
  • Alla B. Bucharskaya,
  • Natalya A. Durnova

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 2
p. 0203

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This Investigation is devoted to the search for new effective anticancer drugs, which is one of the priority areas of medicine. Effect of extracts of maize anthocyanin and Gratiola officinalis drug was studied by using morphological and biochemical methods in experiments in vivo on 30 laboratory rats with transplanted liver cancer PC-1. It was found that an extract of Gratiola officinalis has selective cytotoxic and cytostatic effects on tumor cells. Zea mays extract reduces endogenous intoxication, but its effect on the tumor requires further study.

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