Research Article

Screening to Identify Commonly Used Chinese Herbs That Affect ERBB2 and ESR1 Gene Expression Using the Human Breast Cancer MCF-7 Cell Line

Table 1

Commonly used Chinese single herbs and compound recipes in this study.

NatureScientific nameChinese nameCode

Qi-supplyingAstragalus membranaceus huang qiA
Atractylodes macrocephala bai zhuB
Poria cocos fu lingC
Glycyrrhiza uralensis gan caoD
Agastache rugosa huo xiangE
Codonopsis pilosula dang shenF
Zingiber officinale sheng jiangG

Blood-regulatingAngelica sinensis dang guiH
Ligusticum chuanxiong chuan xiongI
Ziziphus jujuba suan tsao jenJ
Millettia dielsiana ji xue tengK
Curcuma phaeocaulis e zhuL

Heat-clearingFolium nelumbinis he yeM
Bupleurum chinense chai huN
Mentha piperita bo heO
Gardenia jasminoides zhi ziP
Paeonia suffruticosa mu dan piQ
Taraxacum mongolicum pu gong yingR
Anemarrhena asphodeloides zhi muS

Yin-nourishingPaeonia lactiflora bai shaoT
Rehmannia glutinosa di huangU
Ligustrum lucidum nv zhen ziV

Compound recipes and abbreviationsSi-Wu-TangSWT
Jia-Wei-Xiao-Yao-SanJWXYS
Suan-Zsao-Ren-Tang SZRT
Reduced formula of Suan-Zsao-Ren-Tangr-SZRT*
K'uan-Hsin-YinKHY
VGH-S4VGH-S4

Scientific name is coded by international binomial nomenclature. VGH-S4 is a compound recipe commonly used in Taipei Veterans General Hospital.
*Reduced formula of Suan-Zsao-Ren-Tang (r-SZRT) is composed of those materials in Suan-Zsao-Ren-Tang except for Ligusticum chuanxiong which is absent.