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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume 2012, Article ID 259523, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/259523
Review Article

Anti-Lung-Cancer Activity and Liposome-Based Delivery Systems of β-Elemene

Meiwan Chen,1 Jinming Zhang,1 Siqin Yu,2 Shengpeng Wang,1 Zaijun Zhang,1,3 Jianqiang Chen,4 Jian Xiao,4 and Yitao Wang1

1State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau 999078, China
2Beijing DDS-Venturepharm .T. Corp, Beijing 100097, China
3Institute of New Drug Research, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic, Constituents of Traditional Chinese Medicine & New Drug Research, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangdong 510632, China
4School of Pharmacy, Cixi Hospital, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou 325035, China

Received 20 August 2012; Revised 29 October 2012; Accepted 2 November 2012

Academic Editor: Yoshiyuki Kimura

Copyright © 2012 Meiwan Chen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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