the following descriptions are of exemplary embodiments only , and are not intended to limit the scope , applicability or configuration of the invention in any way . rather , the following description provides a convenient illustration for implementing exemplary embodiments of the invention . various changes to the described embodiments may be made in the function and arrangement of the elements described without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims . the production of astragalus radix extracts and composition containing astragalus radix extracts : the astragalus radix extracts , as cited by the general arts , can be made by grinding 100 g wild original astragalus radix root material into small pieces , and then adding 2 l water , heating it until boiling point for recirculation about 1 - 4hours , and then 30 % astragalus radix extract would be acquired by filtering , concentrating and drying the extractive solution ; where the soy isoflavones containing 20 % aglycone form which is bought from the market ; and the new complex composition — pcf1 , consisting of astragalus radix extract and soy isoflavones having the specific gravity for extracts in a proportional ratio of 1 : 0 to 1 : 2 , where its high - performance liquid chromatographic profile is shown in fig1 , and the high - performance liquid chromatographic instrument has a column of “ thermohypersilkeystonerpc18 ”, 4 . 6 . times . 0 . 250 mm ; mobile phase for the high - performance liquid chromatographic instrument is 35 % meoh in 0minute , 70 % meoh in 30minutes , 35 % meoh in 35minutes , 35 % meoh in 40minutes , with content of 0 . 1 % tfa ; and the flow speed for the high - performance liquid chromatographic instrument is at 1 ml / min ; where its detecting device is dad , and wave length is set at 254 nm . based on the anti - tumor drugs filter mode provided by the national cancer institute ( nci ) in america , utilize in vitro filter mode for human prostate cancer cell lines — lncap cells . where human prostate cancer cell lines — lncap cells is being cultured in the culture medium which is supplemented by fetalbovine serum for 24 hours , and then change the culture medium so as to culture it in a new culture medium by adding assay sample for 72 hours , afterwards evaluate the cell survival rate by mit colorimetric analysis method . utilize in vitro filter mode for human prostate cancer cell lines — lncap cells . where human prostate cancer cell lines — lncap cells is being cultured in the culture medium which is supplemented by fetalbovine serum for 24 hours , and process cells by taxol for 72 hours , and then change the culture medium so as to culture it in a new culture medium by adding assay sample for 72 hours , afterwards evaluate the cell survival rate by mit colorimetric analysis method . ※ the assay analysis of the compositions in accordance with the present invention in effect for suppressing the growth of human prostate cancer cells , wherein it is necessary to compute the cell survival rate for cells in each well of 96 - well microplate , afterwards evaluate the cancer cells survival rate by mit colorimetric analysis method . ※ mtt colorimetric analysis method : mtt is a kind of tertrazolium salt , with a full name of 3 -[ 4 , 5 - dimenthylthialzol - 2 - yl ] 2 , 5 - diphenyltetrazoliumbromide , which is the yellow dye , capable to be absorbed by live cells and also be reduced to blue color formazan by succinate - tetrazoliumreductase in mitochondrion , which is commonly used for filtering the affection for matters to the growth and proliferation of cells . utilize in vitro filter mode for human peripheral blood mononuclear cells ( mncs ). where mncs is being cultured in the culture medium which is supplemented by fetalbovine serum also adding assay samples , such as tnf - α for 24 hours , or adding ifn - γ for 72 hours , and then analyze expression for both tnf - α and ifn - γ by means of tnf - α immunoassay kit and ifn - α immunoassay kit . utilize tumor animal mode for nude rats inoculated the human prostate cancer cell lines — lncap cells . there are 6 - weeks old male nude rats ( balb / c - nu / nu ) used for the experimental animal mode . where animals are cut open from abdomen after raised and trained , showing off the prostate , and then inoculating the human prostate cancer cell lines — lncap cells ( 2 × 106 cells / 50μ lhbss / rats ) from back side of the prostate with a # 30 needle , then use 5 - 0 threads to sew it up . after a regular feeding for 2 weeks , drawing up blood from each animal for measuring the serum psa value , which are classified into 4 groups and each group would be processed as the following methods : control group : freely taking the powder meal of rodent chow diet ( purina 5010 ) for 42 days . pcf1 low - dose group ( 0 . 3 g / kgbw / day ): freely taking the powder meal of rodent chow diet ( purina5010 ) containing 0 . 3 g / kgbw / day for 42 days . pcf1 medium - dose group ( 1 g / kgbw / day ): freely taking the powder meal of rodent chow diet ( purina5010 ) containing 1 g / kgbw / day for 42 days . pcf1 high - dose group ( 3 g / kgbw / day ): freely taking the powder meal of rodent chow diet ( purina5010 ) containing 3 g / kgbw / day for 42 days . pcf1 in vitro mode suppressing the growth activity of human prostate cells assay example utilize in vitro filter mode for human prostate cancer cell lines — lncap cells . where human prostate cancer cell lines — lncap cells is being cultured in the keratinocyte - serum free medium which is supplemented by 5 ng / mlepidermal growth factor and bovine pituitary extract for 24 hours , and then change the culture medium so as to culture it in a new culture medium by adding assay sample for 48 hours , afterwards evaluate the cell survival rate by mit colorimetric analysis method . according to the said method of in vitro mode anti - tumor activity assay example , where the concentration ( ic50 ) required for the astragalus radix extracts to suppress 50 % growth rate of the human prostate cancer cells is 8 . 4 μg / ml , and the concentration ( ic50 ) required for the soy isoflavones to suppress 50 % growth rate of human prostate cancer cells is 30 μg / ml , where it is verified that the growth - suppressing effect for the astragalus radix extracts on human prostate cancer cells is superior to the soy isoflavones respectively ( as shown in table 1 and fig3 ). according to the said method of in vitro mode anti - tumor activity assay example , while the proportional rate in - between the astragalus radix extracts to soy isoflavones is 2 : 1 , then it shows that the concentration ( ic50 ) required to suppress 50 % growth rate of the human prostate cancer cells is 6 . 1 μg / ml , meaning that the growth - suppressing effect for this composition on human prostate cancer cells is superior to either the astragalus radix extracts or the soy isoflavones individually ( as shown in table 1 and fig3 ). according to the said method of in vitro mode anti - tumor activity assay example , while the proportional rate in - between the astragalus radix extracts to soy isoflavones is 5 : 1 , then it shows that the concentration ( ic50 ) required to suppress 50 % growth rate of the human prostate cancer cells is 5 . 6 μg / ml , meaning that the growth - suppressing effect for this composition on human prostate cancer cells is superior to either the astragalus radix extracts or the soy isoflavones individually ( as shown in table 1 and fig3 ). according to the said method of in vitro mode anti - tumor activity assay example , while the proportional rate in - between the astragalus radix extracts to soy isoflavones is 1 : 2 , then it shows that the concentration ( ic50 ) required to suppress 50 % growth rate of the human prostate cancer cells is 6 . 2 μg / ml , meaning that the growth - suppressing effect for this composition on human prostate cancer cells is superior to either the astragalus radix extracts or the soy isoflavones individually ( as shown in table 1 and fig3 ). according to said method of in vitro mode adjunctive treatment activity assay example , where the 2nmtaxols and 1 μl / mlpcf 1 activating individually , which achieves the cell survival rate of 56 . 4 % and 57 . 6 % for human prostate cancer cells respectively , while it is pre - processed ( or post - processed ) in conjunction with taxol and pcf1 respectively , which achieves the cell survival rate of 30 . 8 % for human prostate cancer cells respectively , meaning that pcf1 is capable to assist the taxol in suppressing the growth of human prostate cancer cells ( as shown in table 2 ). according to said method of in vitro mode immunomodulation activity assay example , where the astragalus radix has a function for activating the human leukocyte cell to release the tnf -. alpha . and ifn -. gamma ., but the soy isoflavones has not , and the result showing that pcf1 is capable to activate the human leukocyte cell to release the tnf -. alpha . and ifn -. gamma . which is even superior to the astragalus radix ( as shown in fig4 , fig5 ). according to said method of in vivo mode anti - tumor activity assay example , after feeding the animals with pcf1 low - dose ( 0 . 3 g / kgbw / day ) continuously for 42 days , its blood psa value is 9 . 1 ng / ml which is obviously much lower than that of control group , which is 21 . 2 ng / ml , where the suppressing rate reaches 57 %, and the effective growth - suppressing rate for tumor achieves 49 % ( as shown in table 3 ). according to said method of in vitro mode activity assay example , it shows that concentration ( ic50 ) required for the extractive solution of pcf1 and alcohol to suppress 50 % growth rate of the human prostate cancer cells is 0 . 019 μl / ml and 0 . 033 μl / ml respectively , meaning that pcf1 is effectively suppressing the growth of human prostate cells ( as shown in table 4 and fig6 ). while analyzing the different proportional ratio for each composition in accordance with the present invention resulting in effects in suppressing the growth of cancer cells , we have realized the fact while the proportional weight rate in - between the astragalus radix to the soy isoflavones is in the combination of 1 : 2 - 5 : 1 , the composition will have a effective effect in growth - suppressing the human prostate cancer cells obviously , and among them the most superior proportional rate for the said composition is 5 : 1 , as shown in fig3 , in addition , it has been verified by the animal experiments that the composition of the present invention is capable to effectively suppress the increasing of the blood psa value as well as the growth of tumors consequently . the present invention has successfully found out the medicine with astragalus radix or its composition having an excellent effect in growth - suppressing the prostate cancer cells , where its effects of anti - cancer and cancer prevention have been verified in various theses or reports already , which is much superior to the soy isoflavones , and more over , the composition according to the present invention also has an effect in adjunctive treatments which is applicable to assist the anti - cancer drugs such as taxol in suppressing the growth of prostate cancer cells , and meanwhile it has am additional function of the immunomodulation as well , which is capable of activating the leukocyte cells to release both the tnf - α and ifn - γ accordingly . in light of the above description , due to the present invention has all the said advantages as well as practical values , where there is no any similar product which has ever been disclosed at all , thus the inventor believes that the present invention shall meet all the requirements for the application of the patent of new invention accordingly . it will be understood that each of the elements described above , or two or more together may also find a useful application in other types of methods differing from the type described above . while certain novel features of this invention have been shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claim , it is not intended to be limited to the details above , since it will be understood that various omissions , modifications , substitutions and changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and in its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention .
a composition for effectively suppressing the growth of prostate cancer cell , suppressing the prostatic hyperplasia and its preparation method , wherein this composition contains the astragalus radix or its extracts with effective ingredients , which can either prevent or cure the prostate cancer and suppress the prostatic hyperplasia as well .