Why Does Gecko, A Chinese Traditional Medicine, Have Anti-tumor Effects?

Monday, September 29, 2008 - 09:35 in Health & Medicine

Gecko is a Chinese traditional medicine. It has definite effect on malignant tumor, especially on digestive system tumor. A research group in China found that Gecko powder could inhibit EC9706 and EC1 growth and proliferation. Gecko can also decrease vascular endothelin growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor expression in tumor tissue and induce tumor cell apoptosis.

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