Therapeutic potential of certain terpenoids as anticancer agents: a scoping review

S Kamran, A Sinniah, MAM Abdulghani, MA Alshawsh - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Terpenoids are bioactive compounds with a variety of pharmacological
activities, including anticancer activity. This review paper aimed to focus on the anticancer …

Cisplatin in ovarian cancer treatment—known limitations in therapy force new solutions

A Zoń, I Bednarek - International journal of molecular sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cisplatin is one of the most commonly used anticancer drugs worldwide. It is mainly used in
the treatment of ovarian cancer, but also used in testicular, bladder and lung cancers. The …

Thymoquinone and its therapeutic potentials

S Darakhshan, AB Pour, AH Colagar… - Pharmacological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Herbal medicine has attracted great attention in the recent years and is increasingly used as
alternatives to chemical drugs. Several lines of evidence support the positive impact of …

Spices for prevention and treatment of cancers

J Zheng, Y Zhou, Y Li, DP Xu, S Li, HB Li - Nutrients, 2016 - mdpi.com
Spices have been widely used as food flavorings and folk medicines for thousands of years.
Numerous studies have documented the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and …

[HTML][HTML] Thymoquinone: A novel strategy to combat cancer: A review

M Imran, A Rauf, IA Khan, M Shahbaz… - Biomedicine & …, 2018 - Elsevier
The higher consumption of fruit, herbs, spices, and vegetables is well known and practical
strategy to cure human cancers owing to their presence of bioactive compounds. Among …

Thymoquinone: potential cure for inflammatory disorders and cancer

CC Woo, AP Kumar, G Sethi, KHB Tan - Biochemical pharmacology, 2012 - Elsevier
Thymoquinone is an active ingredient isolated from Nigella sativa and has been
investigated for its anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anticancer activities in both in vitro …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer: Thymoquinone antioxidant/pro-oxidant effect as potential anticancer remedy

YK Mahmoud, HMA Abdelrazek - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2019 - Elsevier
Recently, there is growing interest in the natural bioactive components having anticancer
activity. Thymoquinone (TQ), the principle active constituent of black seed (Nigella sativa) …

Bax/Bcl-2 cascade is regulated by the EGFR pathway: therapeutic targeting of non-small cell lung cancer

M Alam, S Alam, A Shamsi, M Adnan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) comprises 80%–85% of lung cancer cases. EGFR
is involved in several cancer developments, including NSCLC. The EGFR pathway …

[HTML][HTML] Thymoquinone (2-Isopropyl-5-methyl-1, 4-benzoquinone) as a chemopreventive/anticancer agent: Chemistry and biological effects

A Ahmad, RK Mishra, A Vyawahare, A Kumar… - Saudi Pharmaceutical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cancer remains the topmost disorder of the mankind and number of cases is unceasingly
growing at unprecedented rates. Although the synthetic anti-cancer compounds still hold the …

[HTML][HTML] Thymoquinone, as an anticancer molecule: from basic research to clinical investigation

MA Khan, M Tania, S Fu, J Fu - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Thymoquinone is an anticancer phytochemical commonly found in black cumin. In this
review, we discuss the potential of thymoquinone as anticancer molecule, its mechanism of …