Joseph Tai

Summary

Affiliation: University of British Columbia
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Anti-proliferative and antioxidant properties of rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis
    Susan Cheung
    Department of Pathology and Pediatrics, Center for Complementary Medicine Research, Child and Family Research Institute, British Columbia Children s and Women s Health Center, University of British Columbia, British Columbia V6H 3N4, Canada
    Oncol Rep 17:1525-31. 2007
  2. ncbi In vitro comparison of Essiac and Flor-Essence on human tumor cell lines
    Joseph Tai
    Center for Complementary Medicine Research, BC Research Institute for Children s and Women s Health, Room L306, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 4H4, Canada
    Oncol Rep 11:471-6. 2004
  3. ncbi Antiproliferation effect of commercially brewed coffees on human ovarian cancer cells in vitro
    Joseph Tai
    Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Nutr Cancer 62:1044-57. 2010
  4. ncbi Anti-proliferative and antioxidant activities of Saposhnikovia divaricata
    Joseph Tai
    Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 3V4, Canada
    Oncol Rep 18:227-34. 2007
  5. ncbi In vitro anti-proliferative and antioxidant studies on Devil's Club Oplopanax horridus
    Joseph Tai
    Department of Pathology and Pediatrics, Center for Complementary Medicine Research, BC Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    J Ethnopharmacol 108:228-35. 2006
  6. ncbi In vitro culture studies of Sutherlandia frutescens on human tumor cell lines
    Joseph Tai
    Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics, Center for Complementary Medicine Research, BC s Research Institute for Children s and Women s Health, University of British Columbia, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 4H4
    J Ethnopharmacol 93:9-19. 2004
  7. ncbi In Vitro culture studies of FlorEssence on human tumor cell lines
    Joseph Tai
    Center for Complementary Medicine Research, BC s Research Institute for Children s and Women s Health, Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Canada
    Phytother Res 19:107-12. 2005
  8. ncbi Inhibition of human ovarian cancer cell lines by devil's club Oplopanax horridus
    Joseph Tai
    Department of Pathology and Pediatrics, Center for Complementary Medicine Research, Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    J Ethnopharmacol 127:478-85. 2010
  9. ncbi In vitro studies of the dry fruit of Chinese fan palm Livistona chinensis
    Susan Cheung
    Department of Pathology and Pediatrics, Center for Complementary Medicine Research, BC's Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health, University of British Columbia, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 4H4, Canada
    Oncol Rep 14:1331-6. 2005
  10. ncbi Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of ESSIAC and Flor-Essence
    Susan Cheung
    Department of Pediatrics, Center for Complementary Medicine Research, BC Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health, University of British Columbia, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Oncol Rep 14:1345-50. 2005

Collaborators

  • Dawei Ou
  • Susan Cheung
  • Quan-Bin Han
  • Chun-Feng Qiao
  • Jing-Zheng Song
  • Hong-Xi Xu
  • Sze shuen C Cheung
  • Ting-Fai Tso
  • Han-Dong Sun
  • Xiaojie Wang
  • Aubrey J Tingle
  • Kye-Taek Lim
  • Sze-shuen C Cheung
  • Junqi Huang
  • Daniel L Metzger

Detail Information

Publications14

  1. ncbi Anti-proliferative and antioxidant properties of rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis
    Susan Cheung
    Department of Pathology and Pediatrics, Center for Complementary Medicine Research, Child and Family Research Institute, British Columbia Children s and Women s Health Center, University of British Columbia, British Columbia V6H 3N4, Canada
    Oncol Rep 17:1525-31. 2007
    ..In view of the chemopreventive potentials, further studies are needed to explore other biological properties of this popular spice used by many cultures in the world...
  2. ncbi In vitro comparison of Essiac and Flor-Essence on human tumor cell lines
    Joseph Tai
    Center for Complementary Medicine Research, BC Research Institute for Children s and Women s Health, Room L306, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 4H4, Canada
    Oncol Rep 11:471-6. 2004
    ..Our data show that both ES and FE herbal teas demonstrated antiproliferative and differentiation inducing properties in vitro only at high concentrations. Further research is needed to elucidate the in vivo activities...
  3. ncbi Antiproliferation effect of commercially brewed coffees on human ovarian cancer cells in vitro
    Joseph Tai
    Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Nutr Cancer 62:1044-57. 2010
    ..To our knowledge, this is the first report showing the antiproliferation activity and the additive effect with CDDP of commercially prepared coffee brews on human cancer cell lines...
  4. ncbi Anti-proliferative and antioxidant activities of Saposhnikovia divaricata
    Joseph Tai
    Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 3V4, Canada
    Oncol Rep 18:227-34. 2007
    ..7 cells. Further research is required in order to identify the major ingredients present in the Saposhnikovia divaricata root and rhizome showing the observed activities...
  5. ncbi In vitro anti-proliferative and antioxidant studies on Devil's Club Oplopanax horridus
    Joseph Tai
    Department of Pathology and Pediatrics, Center for Complementary Medicine Research, BC Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    J Ethnopharmacol 108:228-35. 2006
    ..7 cells (p<0.001). Our data show that the ethanolic extract of OH has anti-proliferative on several cancer cell lines, and has strong antioxidant activity...
  6. ncbi In vitro culture studies of Sutherlandia frutescens on human tumor cell lines
    Joseph Tai
    Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics, Center for Complementary Medicine Research, BC s Research Institute for Children s and Women s Health, University of British Columbia, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 4H4
    J Ethnopharmacol 93:9-19. 2004
    ..Further studies are needed to explore the activities of this multipurpose South African herbal preparation...
  7. ncbi In Vitro culture studies of FlorEssence on human tumor cell lines
    Joseph Tai
    Center for Complementary Medicine Research, BC s Research Institute for Children s and Women s Health, Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Canada
    Phytother Res 19:107-12. 2005
    ..The results suggest that FE at high concentrations show differential inhibitory effect on different human cancer cell lines. Further studies are needed to assess the biological activities of FE...
  8. ncbi Inhibition of human ovarian cancer cell lines by devil's club Oplopanax horridus
    Joseph Tai
    Department of Pathology and Pediatrics, Center for Complementary Medicine Research, Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    J Ethnopharmacol 127:478-85. 2010
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  9. ncbi In vitro studies of the dry fruit of Chinese fan palm Livistona chinensis
    Susan Cheung
    Department of Pathology and Pediatrics, Center for Complementary Medicine Research, BC's Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health, University of British Columbia, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 4H4, Canada
    Oncol Rep 14:1331-6. 2005
    ..01). Only a 1/100 dilution of LCET reduced COX-2 mRNA expression in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells (p<0.01). The dry fruit of Livistona chinensis warrants further investigation...
  10. ncbi Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of ESSIAC and Flor-Essence
    Susan Cheung
    Department of Pediatrics, Center for Complementary Medicine Research, BC Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health, University of British Columbia, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Oncol Rep 14:1345-50. 2005
    ..Further research is needed to investigate the differential activities of these two herbal teas in stimulating pro-inflammatory mediators release by RAW 264.7 cells...
  11. ncbi Antiproliferation effect of Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) on human ovarian cancer cells in vitro
    Joseph Tai
    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Canada
    Phytomedicine 19:436-43. 2012
    ..It induced apoptosis by modifying the expression of multiple genes regulating apoptosis, and holds potential as an adjunct to cancer chemotherapy...
  12. ncbi Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand and CD56 expression in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus
    Sze shuen C Cheung
    Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Pancreas 30:105-14. 2005
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  13. ncbi Maoecrystal Z, a cytotoxic diterpene from Isodon eriocalyx with a unique skeleton
    Quan-Bin Han
    Chinese Medicine Laboratory, Hong Kong Jockey Club Institute of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong, P. R. China
    Org Lett 8:4727-30. 2006
    ..Compound 1 exhibited comparable inhibitory effect against human K562 leukemia, MCF7 breast, and A2780 ovarian tumor cells with IC(50) = 2.90, 1.63, and 1.45 microg/mL and with camptothecin and paclitaxel as the positive controls...
  14. ncbi Stability and cytotoxicity of gambogic acid and its derivative, gambogoic acid
    Quan-Bin Han
    Chinese Medicine Laboratory, Hong Kong Jockey Club Institute of Chinese Medicine, PR China
    Biol Pharm Bull 28:2335-7. 2005
    ..It was therefore deduced that the alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl moiety at C-10 contributed to the cytotoxicity of gambogic acid...