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ReviewMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2025

Mechanistic insights into the therapeutic potential of β-elemene on glioma and other central nervous system diseases.

Xiaoyu Wang, Lin Lin, Yu Cheng, Yongjie Wang

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Review in Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Xiaoyu WangSchool of Pharmacy, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China.
Lin LinSchool of Pharmacy, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China.
Yu ChengSchool of Pharmacy, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China.
Yongjie WangSchool of Pharmacy, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China. wangyongjie@hznu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0306-3088

Funding

the College Students' Innovative Entrepreneurial Training Plan Program 4275C5212430525the College Students' Innovative Entrepreneurial Training Plan Program 4275C5212430526
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The central nervous system (CNS) governs critical physiological processes, and its dysregulation drives severe pathologies, particularly glioma, a life-threatening malignancy with limited therapeutic options. β-elemene (ELE), the bioactive compound derived from Curcuma wenyujin, exhibits potent anti-glioma activity as both a monotherapy and in synergy with chemo- or radiotherapy. Beyond glioma, ELE demonstrates therapeutic versatility across CNS disorders, including traumatic brain injury, ischemic stroke, spinal cord injury, neuropathic pain, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, and obesity-associated microbiota-gut-brain axis dysfunction. Mechanistically, modulation of key signaling pathways implicated in neoplastic proliferation, metastasis, neuroinflammation, apoptosis, and oxidative stress positions ELE as a promising candidate for repurposing traditional medicine in modern neurotherapeutics. This review synthesizes ELE's therapeutic efficacy, elucidates the underlying molecular mechanisms, and highlights outstanding questions to guide future research for ELE therapies, advocating for integrating traditional Chinese medicine-driven approaches into modern pharmacological innovation with favorable treatment outcomes.

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Brain NeoplasmsCentral Nervous System DiseasesGliomaSesquiterpenesAnimalsHumansbeta-elemeneSesquiterpenesCentral nervous systemGliomaMolecular mechanismSignaling pathwaysTraditional Chinese medicineβ-elemene

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