Myeloma
Studies from Y.Q. Che et al in the area of myeloma described
Published in Drug Week, August 28th, 2009
According to a study from Shenyang, People's Republic of China, "Serenoa repens, a palm species native to the Southeastern United States, is one of the widely used phyto-therapeutic agents in benign prostatic hyperplasia. In this study, we found for the first time that Serenoa repens induced growth arrest of a variety of human leukemia cells including U266 and RPMI 8226 multiple myeloma cells as measured by mitochondrial-dependent conversion of the 3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay."
"TUNEL assays showed that Serenoa repens induced apoptosis of U266 cells in a time- and dose-dependent manner. Serenoa repens also increased the...
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Source: Drug Week (2009-08-28)
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