Vochysia tucanorum Mart. butanol fraction presents antitumoral activity in vivo and prevents the installation of cachexia in solid Ehrlich tumor model

• Main Authors: Henrique Jorge Novaes Morgan (Author), Aislan Quintiliano Delgado (Author), Luiz Leonardo Saldanha (Author), Nathalia Aparecida De Paula Camaforte (Author), Anne Lígia Dokkedal (Author), José Roberto Bosqueiro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cancer is a multifactorial disease caused by uncontrolled proliferation of cells. About 50-80% of cancer patients develop cachexia, a complex metabolic syndrome associated with an increase of mortality and morbidity. However, there are no effective therapies in medical clinic for...