Novel use of armillaridin for treating cancer
AssigneeMackay Memorial Hospital
InventorsYu-Jen Chen, Chien-Chih Chen
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Abstract
Novel Uses of an aromatic ester isolated from Armillaria mellea, particularly, armillaridin, are disclosed herein. The armillaridin is useful for manufacturing a medicament or a pharmaceutical composition for suppressing the growth of cancerous cells or for enhancing susceptibility of esophageal cancerous cells to a radiation treatment, in a subject.
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Use of armillaridin for manufacturing a medicament for enhancing susceptibility of esophageal cancerous cells to a radiation treatment.
A method of treating esophageal cancer in a subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of armillaridin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
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