| 摘要 |
The present invention provides novel methods of preventing and treating prostate cancer with tetrandrine, a bisphehol-isoquinoline alkaloid isolated from the Chinese herb Stephania tetrandra. The present invention also provides the use of tetrandrine for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition for treating prostate cancer. The tetrandrine can be used as any isomer of tetrandrine such as the (R,R), (S,S), (R,S), and (S,R) isomers and any combination of these isomers. The present invention also provides methods of inhibiting the growth of prostate cancer cells in vitro by contacting the cells with tetrandrine. The present invention also provides methods of inducing apoptosis in prostate cancer cells in vitro by contacting the cells with tetrandrine.
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