Items tagged with ANTI-CANCER

Tripterygium wilfordii Hook. This herb has also shown to be effective on the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other affections[5]. One of the active components found in Tripterygium wilfordii Hook, triptolide, has demonstrated to be an effective anti-tumour agent, being able to reduce solid tumor masses, and is presently being used in different clinical trials based on its potent anti-tumor effects in a prostate cancer. Other clinical trials and studies, among them one from Yale University and another one from Texas University [7], demonstrated also the success of triptolide in Tripterygium wilfordii Hook, on the treatment of Polycystic kidney disease (PKD).