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.
Nature
Scientific name
Chinese name
Code
Qi-supplying
Astragalus membranaceus
huang qi
A
Atractylodes macrocephala
bai zhu
B
Poria cocos
fu ling
C
Glycyrrhiza uralensis
gan cao
D
Agastache rugosa
huo xiang
E
Codonopsis pilosula
dang shen
F
Zingiber officinale
sheng jiang
G
Blood-regulating
Angelica sinensis
dang gui
H
Ligusticum chuanxiong
chuan xiong
I
Ziziphus jujuba
suan tsao jen
J
Millettia dielsiana
ji xue teng
K
Curcuma phaeocaulis
e zhu
L
Heat-clearing
Folium nelumbinis
he ye
M
Bupleurum chinense
chai hu
N
Mentha piperita
bo he
O
Gardenia jasminoides
zhi zi
P
Paeonia suffruticosa
mu dan pi
Q
Taraxacum mongolicum
pu gong ying
R
Anemarrhena asphodeloides
zhi mu
S
Yin-nourishing
Paeonia lactiflora
bai shao
T
Rehmannia glutinosa
di huang
U
Ligustrum lucidum
nv zhen zi
V
Compound recipes and abbreviations
Si-Wu-Tang
SWT
Jia-Wei-Xiao-Yao-San
JWXYS
Suan-Zsao-Ren-Tang
SZRT
Reduced formula of Suan-Zsao-Ren-Tang
r-SZRT*
K'uan-Hsin-Yin
KHY
VGH-S4
VGH-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.