Research frontiers
Currently, a variety of effective phytochemicals have been tested in cancer
treatment, which are used alone, or in combination with chemotherapeutic
agents of treatment. The combinations of P. emblica or T. bellerica extracts with
doxorubicin or cisplatin have a synergistic growth effect against some cancer
cell lines. Depending on the combination ratio, the doses for each drug for a
given degree of effect in the combination may be reduced. The mechanism of
this synergistic effect is unclear and, possibly, multiple compounds in the herbal
extracts are involved.