Application of lichen in treatment of cancer

• Main Author: YUAN ZHONGKAI
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 02.09.2022
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS

The invention discloses an application of lichen in cancer treatment, which is characterized in that an effective extract is obtained from lichen, and the effective extract can slow down the growth of cancer cells in an animal body and kill the cancer cells in the animal body in an administration form; the lichens are shell-shaped lichens or hairy-branch-shaped lichens growing on trunks of Yunnan palm trees; the effective extract is lichenic acid. The administration form is oral administration. According to the invention, the shell-shaped lichen or the hair-branch-shaped lichen growing on the trunk of the Yunnan palm tree is adopted, the contained lichenic acid can slow down the growth of cancer cells in animal bodies and kill the cancer cells, the purpose of treating cancers is achieved, the effect taking speed is high, the effect is good, the shell-shaped lichen and the hair-branch-shaped lichen explore a new medical application, a new application field is developed, and the application prospect is wide. Th