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Application and assessment of Chinese arsenic drugs in treating malignant hematopathy in China
- Source :
- Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine. 16:368-377
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2010.
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Abstract
- Chinese arsenic drugs have been applied in Chinese medicine for several centuries. Beginning from 1970s, arsenic containing drugs have been generally used for the treatment of malignant hematologic diseases including acute promyelocytic leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, and multiple myeloma. No matter what ingredients of arsenic drugs were applied, either arsenic trioxide, arsenic disulfide, or arsenic containing Chinese herbal compositions including Qinghuang Powder and Realgar-Indigo naturalis formula, they all provided the distinct approaches for the management of malignant hematologic diseases, and good clinical efficacy was obtained with mild adverse reactions. Moreover, the mechanisms of action have been continually elucidated.
- Subjects :
- inorganic chemicals
Acute promyelocytic leukemia
China
chemistry.chemical_element
Traditional Chinese medicine
Pharmacology
Arsenicals
chemistry.chemical_compound
Arsenic Trioxide
medicine
Humans
Pharmacology (medical)
Arsenic disulfide
Clinical efficacy
Arsenic trioxide
Adverse effect
Multiple myeloma
Arsenic
integumentary system
business.industry
Oxides
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Complementary and alternative medicine
chemistry
Hematologic Neoplasms
business
Drugs, Chinese Herbal
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19930402 and 16720415
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d1bf91487cbe4b050c8e9807213f144b