2008開始, 四川大學(xué)黃精之甘露糖結(jié)合凝集素MBL對(duì)宮頸癌HeLa細(xì)胞有淍亡作用. <BMB Reports. 2008 May31;41(5):369-75>;
次年, 又發(fā)現(xiàn)甘露糖結(jié)合凝集素MBL對(duì)黑色素皮膚癌A375細(xì)胞有促其淍亡之作用. <Cancer Letters. 2009 Mar8;275(1):54-60.>; <Autophagy.2009 Feb;5(2):253-5>;
黃精還對(duì)乳癌細(xì)胞MCF-7有明顯抑制作用. <Phytomedicine.2009 Jun;16(6-7):601-8>;
2009年起, 四川大學(xué)指出黃精對(duì)實(shí)驗(yàn)動(dòng)物纖維內(nèi)瘤癌Fibrosarcoma L929細(xì)胞之抑制及促使淍亡作用. <Biochimica et Biophysica Acta.2009 Aug;1790(8):840-4>; <Phytomedicine. 2010 Dec15;18(1):25-31>; <Biochimie. 2010Dec;92(12):1934-8>; <Biochemical & Biophysical Research Communications. 2011 Mar25;406(4):497-500>;
2013, 瑞士伯恩大學(xué)University ofBern等單位也有黃精對(duì)如何防治腫瘤機(jī)制之報(bào)導(dǎo). <Seminars in Cancer Biology.2013 Oct;23(5):352-60> ; <Cell Proliferation. 2013Oct;46(5):509-15>