Is the Traditional Chinese Herb

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Is the Traditional Chinese Herb "Bombax Malabaricum" a Natural Anticancer Medicine?

Law, Siukan (Faculty of Science and Technology, The Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Tsing Yi, New Territories) ;
Lo, Chuiman (Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) ;
Han, Jie (Department of Science, School of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Metropolitan University) ;
Leung, Albert Wingnang (School of Nursing, Tung Wah College) ;
Xu, Chuanshan (Key Laboratory of Molecular Target and Clinical Pharmacology, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University)

This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

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