Aspen bark exhibits anti-tumor activity in mice. - GreenMedInfo Summary
[The potential use of an extract of aspen bark for enhancing the efficacy of specific treatment methods in experimental malignant neoplasms].
Eksp Klin Farmakol. 1998 Nov-Dec;61(6):42-4. PMID: 9929816
Institute of Pharmacology, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Tomsk, Russia.
The effect of liquid aspen bark extract on the effectiveness of cytostatic and surgical methods of treatment of experimental tumors in mice was studied. The extract was found to raise the antitumorous and antimetastatic effects of the above indicated methods of treatment on the tumor process.