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Table 1 Traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions and their possible active ingredient in the treatment of leukemia

From: Natural products as potential drug treatments for acute promyelocytic leukemia

Traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions

Possible active ingredients in the treatment of leukemia

Source of natural medicine

Lianhua Decoction

Oleanolic acid

Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl

Xiangsha Six Gentlemen Decoction

Dehydrocostus lactone

Aucklandia lappa Decne

Longdan Xiegan Decoction

Oleanolic acid, crocin and crocetin

Akebia quinata(Thunb.)Decne., Gardenia jasminoides Ellis

Qinggu Powder

Artesunate

Artemisia annua L

Angong Niuhuang Pill

As2S2, oleanolic acid

Realgar, Akebia quinata(Thunb.)Decne

Zixue Pill

Dehydrocostus lactone

Aucklandia lappa Decne

Qinghuang Powder

As2S2, crocin and crocetin

Realgar, Gardenia jasminoides Ellis

Xiaochengqi Decoction

Honokiol

Magnolia grandiflora