Targeting drug chemo-resistance in cancer using natural products

WH Talib, AR Alsayed, M Barakat, MI Abu-Taha… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death globally. The development of drug resistance
is the main contributor to cancer-related mortality. Cancer cells exploit multiple mechanisms …

Path of Silibinin from diet to medicine: A dietary polyphenolic flavonoid having potential anti-cancer therapeutic significance

HS Tuli, S Mittal, D Aggarwal, G Parashar… - Seminars in Cancer …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last few decades, targeting cancer by the use of dietary phytochemicals has gained
enormous attention. The plausible reason and believe or mind set behind this fact is …

Autophagy: a potential therapeutic target of polyphenols in hepatocellular carcinoma

C Kiruthiga, KP Devi, SM Nabavi, A Bishayee - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Autophagy is a conserved biological phenomenon that maintains cellular homeostasis
through the clearing of damaged cellular components under cellular stress and offers the …

Silibinin to improve cancer therapeutic, as an apoptotic inducer, autophagy modulator, cell cycle inhibitor, and microRNAs regulator

Z Jahanafrooz, N Motamed, B Rinner, A Mokhtarzadeh… - Life sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Silibinin is a natural plant polyphenol with high antioxidant and anticancer properties, which
causes broad-spectrum efficacy against cancer, including cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in …

Targeting STAT3 with silibinin to improve cancer therapeutics

J Bosch-Barrera, B Queralt, JA Menendez - Cancer treatment reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) has a prominent role in mediating
resistance to conventional chemo-/radio-therapies and modern targeted drugs. While a …

Bioactive phenolic components and potential health effects of chestnut shell: A review

M Hu, X Yang, X Chang - Journal of Food Biochemistry, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Chestnut kernels are often used for direct consumption; or processed to produce marron
glacé, chestnut purée, and gluten‐free products, while chestnut by‐products (inner shell and …

Isoorientin induces apoptosis and autophagy simultaneously by reactive oxygen species (ROS)-related p53, PI3K/Akt, JNK, and p38 signaling pathways in HepG2 …

L Yuan, S Wei, J Wang, X Liu - Journal of Agricultural and Food …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Cell death is closely related to autophagy under some circumstances; however, the effect of
isoorientin (ISO) on autophagy and the interplay between apoptosis and autophagy in …

Functional role of p53 in the regulation of Chemical‐Induced oxidative stress

X Liu, L Fan, C Lu, S Yin, H Hu - Oxidative Medicine and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The nuclear transcription factor p53, discovered in 1979, has a broad range of biological
functions, primarily the regulation of apoptosis, the cell cycle, and DNA repair. In addition to …

Silibinin induced human glioblastoma cell apoptosis concomitant with autophagy through simultaneous inhibition of mTOR and YAP

ZL Bai, V Tay, SZ Guo, J Ren… - BioMed Research …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Silibinin, also known as silybin, is the major flavonolignan isolated from Silybum marianum.
Although previous reports demonstrated that silibinin exhibits significant tumor suppressor …

Silibinin Inhibits Tumor Growth through Downregulation of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase and Akt in Vitro and in Vivo in Human Ovarian Cancer Cells

HJ Cho, DS Suh, SH Moon, YJ Song… - Journal of agricultural …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Anticancer activity of silibinin, a flavonoid, has been demonstrated in various cancer cell
types. However, the underlying mechanisms were not elucidated in human ovarian cancer …