resin/neoplasms

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application claims priority of Taiwanese Application No. 093114351, filed on May 21, 2004. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to an acetone-extracted product obtained from gamboge resin and compounds further

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application claims priority of Taiwanese Application No. 099119107, filed on Jun. 11, 2010. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to seventeen new compounds obtained from an acetone-extracted product of gamboge resin.

This application relates to lymphokines. In particular, it relates to cytotoxic factors secreted by lymph cells and methods for making same in recombinant cells. Immune cells such as B cells, T Cells, natural killer cells and macrophages are known to elaborate substances that exert cytotoxic

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a composition and method for treating tumors. More specifically, the present invention is directed to the treatment of tumors involving administration of certain rosin extracts including abietic acid, other resin acids, and their

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION At the present time the progress of chemical attack on neoplasms is hindered by the inability of the therapist to deliver the cytotoxic dose to the tumor without exerting deleterious side effects such as nausea, leukepenia, thromocytopenia, diarrhea, alopecia, cirrhosis,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention is broadly concerned with an apparatus and method for forming, quick freezing and harvesting tissue from the margins of a tumor specimen, while preserving the anatomical orientation of the specimen. More particularly, it is concerned with an

The association between abnormal fibrin metabolism and malignant diseases has been recognized for some time. Fibrin, for example, is known to be deposited at the advancing margin of solid tumors, and on blood-borne malignant cells which are thought to be metastatic. Many researchers have, in fact,

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to compounds, particularly arylretinamides, for treating or preventing cancer in a mammalian subject and methods of making such arylretinamides. BACKGROUND Breast cancer kills thousands of women annually. While surgical intervention has saved the

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to methods for surface modification which produce surfaces that show not only low adsorption of proteins and cells from blood or biological fluid but also selective adsorption or adhesion of specific cells such as cancer cells. The present invention also

TECHNICAL FIELD This invention relates to improved methods of purification for a polysaccharide. BACKGROUND CM101, a GBS toxin, is a pathogenic molecule isolated from group B .beta.-hemolytic Streptococcus (GBS) bacteria. Newborn infants may become infected with GBS, a condition known as GBS

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Guggul is a type of myrrh derived from Commiphora mukul, a small tree of the Bursaceae family native to India. Pakistan and Bangladesh. The gum resin (guggul) has been traditionally used in Ayurveda for its hypolipidemic, hypocholesterolemic, anticancer, anti-diabetic and

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a novel synthesis of octreotide by solid phase synthesis and conjugated peptides using bifunctional chelating agents. In particular, the present invention relates to linkage, cyclization, and radioactive isotope labelling such as by In-111 or

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to new organic compounds and, more particularly, is concerned with novel anthraquinones which may be represented by the following structural formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each individually selected from the group consisting of

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to the technology and method developed and used to discover the composition and application of an extracted compound from Husk and Fruit Stem of Xanthoceras Sobifolia (or Xanthoceras Sobifolia Bunge). BACKGROUND ART Xanthoceras Sobifolia Bunge, belonging

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to the technology and method developed and used to discover the composition and application of an extracted compound from Husk and Fruit Stem of Xanthoceras sobifolia (or Xanthoceras sobifolia Bunge). BACKGROUND ART Xanthoceras sobifolia Bunge, belonging