Chineses Pinyin | YueJianHua | ||
Use Part | Seed | ||
Flavor | Sweet; Bitter | ||
Species |
>Kingdom: Viridiplantae
-->Phylum: Streptophyta
-->Class: Equisetopsida
-->Order: Myrtales
-->Family: Onagraceae
-->Genus: Oenothera
-->Species: Oenothera biennis
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Pair Name | Evening primrose oil, Tamoxifen | |||
Partner Name | Tamoxifen | |||
Disease Info | [ICD-11: 2C60] | Breast cancer | Investigative | |
Biological Phenomena | Inhibition-->Tumor angiogenesis | |||
Gene Regulation | Up-regulation | Expression | BAX | hsa581 |
Down-regulation | Expression | BCL2 | hsa596 | |
Down-regulation | Expression | CCND1 | hsa595 | |
Down-regulation | Expression | VEGFA | hsa7422 | |
In Vitro Model | MCF-7 | Invasive breast carcinoma of no special type | Homo sapiens (Human) | CVCL_0031 |
MDA-MB-231 | Breast adenocarcinoma | Homo sapiens (Human) | CVCL_0062 | |
Result | The most significant finding of this study was the confirmation of the anticancer activity of the natural product EPO, which potentiated the activity of the anticancer drug TAM against MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 BC cell lines through the induction of apoptosis, inhibiting angiogenesis and halting cell proliferation. |