Assertion: gamboge | /r/HasProperty | traditional dye
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text: It was the traditional dye for the silk robes of Buddhist monks and priests and the unique brilliance of its colour made it the prime ingredient of certain yellow paints, as well as special varnishes and inks.
text: BACKGROUND/AIM: The aim of the present study was to investigate the efficacy of an ethanolic extract of gamboge (EEG), a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), both in vitro on colon cancer cells and in vivo in an orthotopic mouse model of human colon cancer [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]