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Anti-tumor effects of galangin

Su Lijuan, Zhang Haitao, Wu Jun

  1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang 524023, China
  • Received:2013-09-05Revised:2013-12-28Online:2014-02-08Published:2014-01-26
  • Contact:Wu Jun E-mail:wujun0294@sina.com

Abstract:Galangin is a natural flavonoid, extracted from the root of galangal, and it is an important medical composition of galangal. A lot of researches show that galangin possesses various biological activities, researchers also find it has many antitumor mechanisms, including inhibiting proliferation, promoting apoptosis, accelerating autophagy and inhibiting metastasis of tumor cells.

Key words:Galangin,Antitumor,Apoptosis,Autophagy