Research progress of inonotus obliquus in anti tumor / 医学研究生学报

ABSTRACT

Chemical synthetic drugs are the main therapeutic drugs for cancer, however, the time-consuming drug development, lengthy treatment, serious side effects and drug resistant of chemical synthetic drugs significantly increase the burden of the patients.In recent years, natural anti tumor substances with good treatment effectiveness and low toxicity, have attracted more and more attentions in studying anti tumor drugs.It is reported that Inonotus obliquus can significantly suppress tumors, while the antitumor components and mechanisms of Inonotus obliquus are rarely reported.In this paper, we will review the antitumor effect, antitumor components and mechanisms of Inonotus obliquus.