Hormetic Effect of Berberine Attenuates the Anticancer Activity of Chemotherapeutic Agents.

Hormesis is a phenomenon of biphasic dose response characterized by exhibiting stimulatory or beneficial effects at low doses and inhibitory or toxic effects at high doses. Increasing numbers of chemicals of various types have been shown to induce apparent hormetic effect on cancer cells. However, t...

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Main Authors: Jiaolin Bao, Borong Huang, Lidi Zou, Shenghui Chen, Chao Zhang, Yulin Zhang, Meiwan Chen, Jian-Bo Wan, Huanxing Su, Yitao Wang, Chengwei He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4589364?pdf=render