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 …

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 …

Therapeutic potential and pharmaceutical development of thymoquinone: a multitargeted molecule of natural origin

SN Goyal, CP Prajapati, PR Gore, CR Patil… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Thymoquinone, a monoterpene molecule is chemically known as 2-methyl-5-isopropyl-1, 4-
benzoquinone. It is abundantly present in seeds of Nigella sativa L. that is popularly known …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Thymoquinone: an emerging natural drug with a wide range of medical applications

M Khader, PM Eckl - Iranian journal of basic medical sciences, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Nigella sativa has attracted healers in ancient civilizations and researchers in recent times.
Traditionally, it has been used in different forms to treat many diseases including asthma …

Antitumor activity of monoterpenes found in essential oils

MV Sobral, AL Xavier, TC Lima… - The Scientific World …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer is a complex genetic disease that is a major public health problem worldwide,
accounting for about 7 million deaths each year. Many anticancer drugs currently used …

Quercetin against MCF7 and CAL51 breast cancer cell lines: apoptosis, gene expression and cytotoxicity of nano-quercetin

HA Mohammed, GM Sulaiman, SS Anwar… - …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Aims: To evaluate the anti breast-cancer activity, biocompatibility and toxicity of poly (d, l)-
lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA)-encapsulated quercetin nanoparticles (Q-PLGA-NPs) …

Thymoquinone: fifty years of success in the battle against cancer models

R Schneider-Stock, IH Fakhoury, AM Zaki… - Drug discovery today, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•This year marks 50 years since thymoquinone was isolated from black
seed.•Thymoquinone has had a long history of battling cancer in vitro and in …

[HTML][HTML] In-silico identification of potent inhibitors of COVID-19 main protease (Mpro) and angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) from natural products: Quercetin …

S Omar, I Bouziane, Z Bouslama, A Djemel - 2020 - europepmc.org
COVID-19 is rapidly spreading and there are currently no specific clinical treatments
available. The absence of an immediate available vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 made it …

Potential anticancer properties and mechanisms of thymoquinone in osteosarcoma and bone metastasis

M Homayoonfal, Z Asemi, B Yousefi - Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters, 2022 - Springer
Despite great advances, therapeutic approaches of osteosarcoma, the most prevalent class
of preliminary pediatric bone tumors, as well as bone-related malignancies, continue to …