Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus · NeuroscienceCenter for Herbal Cancer Research
Junxuan Lu · University Park, Pennsylvania
Research Focus
Dr. Junxuan Lu’s lab at Penn State Hershey focuses on developing a natural herbal supplement from Angelica gigas Nakai (Korean Angelica) as a potential safer and more effective way to prevent prostate cancer progression in patients. The lab conducts clinical trials to study how this herbal extract may work better than traditional treatments and to understand how it impacts immune response and inflammation in the body.
herbal supplementsprostate cancerKorean Angelicaimmune responseinflammationclinical trialspyranocoumarinspharmacokineticscancer interception
Research Aims
3AIM 01Develop a safe dosage regimen for Korean Angelica in cancer patients.
AIM 02Investigate the efficacy of Korean Angelica to intercept prostate cancer progression.
AIM 03Measure immune response changes in patients taking the herbal supplement.
Skills the Lab Values
clinical trial designpatient recruitmentblood sample analysispharmacokinetic studiesimmune biomarker measurementdata collection and analysissafety assessmentdose-response studiesstatistical analysis
Output against the department
Publications287top 24% of dept.160th of 671
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Citations8.5ktop 45% of dept.305th of 671
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