New Research shows Chrysanthemum Indicum Extract A Promising Treatment For Liver

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Chrysanthemum Indicum Extract A Promising Treatment For Liver Cancer

 

Chrysanthemum indicum Linné (Compositae) has long been used in traditional

Korean, Chinese, Japanese medicine to treat various immune-related diseases.

Chrysanthemum indicum extract (CIE) has been used in various studies with

promising results. A series of studies have demonstrated that Chrysanthemum

indicum possesses antimicrobial, antiinflammatory, immunomodulatory, and

neuroprotective effects. Recently, much attention has been devoted to the

anticancer activity of Chrysanthemum indicum, especially in hepatocellular

carcinoma (HCC).

 

The following study performed in rats with human cells showed CIE inhibited

proliferation of human heptocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells in a time- and

dose-dependent manner without cytotoxicity. CIE induced apoptosis which is cell

death of human HCC in a concentration-dependent manner, as determined by flow

cytometry. The cancer-specific selectivity shown in their study suggests that

the Chrysanthemum Indicum plant extract could be a promising novel treatment for

human cancer.