Underlying anticancer mechanisms and synergistic combinations of phytochemicals with cancer chemotherapeutics: potential benefits and risks

M Ayaz, A Nawaz, S Ahmad, OF Mosa… - Journal of Food …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer therapies are associated with various challenges including the emergence of
multidrug resistant tumors, toxicological issues, severe side effects, and economic burden …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the pharmacodynamic effect of chemo-herbal drug combinations therapy for cancer treatment

A Okem, C Henstra, M Lambert, R Hayeshi - Medicine in Drug Discovery, 2023 - Elsevier
There is mounting evidence that cancer patients co-administer herbal drugs with
chemotherapy, however, information on the pharmacodynamic (PD) effects of such …

Multi-component herbal products in the prevention and treatment of chemotherapy-associated toxicity and side effects: a review on experimental and clinical …

B Fu, N Wang, HY Tan, S Li, F Cheung… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Chemotherapy is nowadays the main treatment of human cancers. Chemotherapeutic
agents target rapidly dividing cancer cells to suppress tumor progression, however, their non …

Pleiotropic role of dietary phytochemicals in cancer: emerging perspectives for combinational therapy

S Banudevi, S Swaminathan, KU Maheswari - Nutrition and cancer, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Cancer is considered a complicated health issue worldwide. The mean cancer survival
through standard therapeutic strategies has not been significantly improved over the past …

Anticancer effects of herbal medicine compounds and novel formulations: a literature review

MK Abdulridha, AH Al-Marzoqi, GRL Al-Awsi… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Introduction Many agents disrupt the cell cycle and its signaling circuits leading to cancer
progress. Cancer therapy is performed by surgery, radiation, and chemical drugs remaining …

Advances in dietary phenolic compounds to improve chemosensitivity of anticancer drugs

A Bouyahya, NE Omari, S Bakrim, NE Hachlafi… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Several dietary phenolic compounds isolated from medicinal plants exert
significant anticancer effects via several mechanisms. They induce apoptosis, autophagy …

What has come out from phytomedicines and herbal edibles for the treatment of cancer?

SR Bonam, YS Wu, L Tunki, R Chellian… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Several modern treatment strategies have been adopted to combat cancer with the aim of
minimizing toxicity. Medicinal plant‐based compounds with the potential to treat cancer have …

Phytotherapy and drugs: can their interactions increase side effects in cancer patients?

S Allegra, S De Francia, F Turco, I Bertaggia… - Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: The use of herbs to treat illnesses was common in all historical eras. Our aim
was to describe the phytotherapeutic substances that cancer patients use most commonly …

Combination anticancer therapies using selected phytochemicals

WH Talib, D Awajan, RA Hamed, AO Azzam… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer is still one of the most widespread diseases globally, it is considered a vital health
challenge worldwide and one of the main barriers to long life expectancy. Due to the …

Natural products as potential cancer therapy enhancers: A preclinical update

A Agbarya, N Ruimi, R Epelbaum… - SAGE open …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Cancer is a multifactorial disease that arises as a consequence of alterations in many
physiological processes. Recently, hallmarks of cancer were suggested that include …