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View Full Version : EGCG (from green tea) overcomes resistance to etoposide-induced cell death


heblaj01
01-06-2007, 09:33 PM
This lab study adds an other herbal extract which may help overcome resistance to anticancer drugs :

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16982771&query_hl=2&itool=pubmed_DocSumEpigallocatechin Epigallocatechin gallate overcomes resistance to etoposide-induced cell death by targeting the molecular chaperone glucose-regulated protein 78

In a previous post by Lani, curcumin was also shown to help prevent resistance to etoposide & other drugs:

http://www.her2support.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=25319&highlight=etoposide
for those whose cancers have become resistant to chemotherapies...