Review Article

The Effect of Terpenoid Natural Chinese Medicine Molecular Compound on Lung Cancer Treatment

Table 1

Part of terpenoids and category of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for lung cancer treatment.

CategoryFor example

Terpenoid natural TCM molecular compoundMonoterpene, sesquiterpene, diterpene, and triterpene
A single TCMAndrographis, licorice, carnosic, ginseng, astragalus, atractylodes, aucklandia, pachymic, rhizoma bolbostemmae, curcumol, tripterygium wilfordii, and bupleurum
TCM monomerAndro, glycyrrhizic acid, glycyrrhetinic acid, carnosic acid, ginsenosides, astragaloside, atractylodes macrocephala, costunolide, pachymic acid, polyporenic acid, tubeimoside, ivy saponins, curcumol, oridonin, triptolide, lupeol, betulinic acid, saikosaponin, and cucurbitacin