Berberine and barberry (Berberis vulgaris): A clinical review

M Imenshahidi, H Hosseinzadeh - Phytotherapy Research, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Barberry (Berberis vulgaris L.) has different medicinal applications in folk medicine of Iran.
Berberine, an alkaloid constituent of this plant, is present in the roots, rhizomes, stem, and …

Anticancer activity of propolis and its compounds

E Forma, M Bryś - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Propolis is a natural material that honey bees (Apis mellifera) produce from various
botanical sources. The therapeutic activity of propolis, including antibacterial, antifungal, and …

Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles from Alhagi graecorum Leaf Extract and Evaluation of Their Cytotoxicity and Antifungal Activity

SN Hawar, HS Al-Shmgani, ZA Al-Kubaisi… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using different plant parts has shown a
great potential in medicinal and industrial applications. In this study, AgNPs were in vitro …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in dietary polysaccharides as anticancer agents: Structure-activity relationship

N Li, C Wang, MI Georgiev, VK Bajpai, R Tundis… - Trends in Food Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The discovery of nutritious dietary supplements and side effect-free
therapeutics are a priority in the current scenario of increasing cancer cases. Natural …

Targeting apoptotic pathway of cancer cells with phytochemicals and plant-based nanomaterials

AK Wani, N Akhtar, TG Mir, R Singh, PK Jha, SK Mallik… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Apoptosis is the elimination of functionally non-essential, neoplastic, and infected cells via
the mitochondrial pathway or death receptor pathway. The process of apoptosis is highly …

[HTML][HTML] Antitumor effects of carvacrol and thymol: a systematic review

LA Sampaio, LTS Pina, MR Serafini… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: It is estimated that one in five people worldwide faces a diagnosis of a
malignant neoplasm during their lifetime. Carvacrol and its isomer, thymol, are natural …

[HTML][HTML] Curcumin combined with photodynamic therapy, promising therapies for the treatment of cancer

L Xie, X Ji, Q Zhang, Y Wei - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2022 - Elsevier
Curcumin, a phytochemical derived from the rhizome of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.), has a
broad group of substances with antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, anticancer …

Phytochemicals as chemo-preventive agents and signaling molecule modulators: current role in cancer therapeutics and inflammation

MB Ahmed, SU Islam, AAA Alghamdi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer is one of the deadliest non communicable diseases. Numerous anticancer
medications have been developed to target the molecular pathways driving cancer …

Cardamonin: A new player to fight cancer via multiple cancer signaling pathways

J Nawaz, A Rasul, MA Shah, G Hussain, A Riaz… - Life sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Nature's pharmacy has undoubtedly served humans as an affordable and safer health-care
regime for a long times. Cardamonin, a chalconoid present in several plants has been …

[HTML][HTML] Curcumol: from plant roots to cancer roots

W Wei, A Rasul, A Sadiqa, I Sarfraz… - … Journal of Biological …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Natural products, an infinite treasure of bioactive scaffolds, have provided an excellent
reservoir for the discovery of drugs since millennium. These naturally occurring, biologically …