The role of polyphenol (flavonoids) compounds in the treatment of cancer cells

A Hazafa, KU Rehman, N Jahan, Z Jabeen - Nutrition and cancer, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Cancer remains a second leading cause of deaths and major public health problem. It
occurs due to extensive DNA damage caused by ultraviolet radiations, ionizing radiations …

A review of dietary phytochemicals and their relation to oxidative stress and human diseases

R Guan, Q Van Le, H Yang, D Zhang, H Gu, Y Yang… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Phytochemicals refer to active substances in plant-based diets. Phytochemicals found in for
example fruits, vegetables, grains and seed oils are considered relatively safe for …

Plants vs. cancer: a review on natural phytochemicals in preventing and treating cancers and their druggability

H Wang, T Oo Khor, L Shu, ZY Su… - Anti-Cancer Agents …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Cancer remains to be one of the leading causes of death in the United States and around
the world. The advent of modern drug-targeted therapies has undeniably improved cancer …

Natural phenolic compounds from medicinal herbs and dietary plants: potential use for cancer prevention

WY Huang, YZ Cai, Y Zhang - Nutrition and cancer, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Natural phenolic compounds play an important role in cancer prevention and treatment.
Phenolic compounds from medicinal herbs and dietary plants include phenolic acids …

Anticancer activity of essential oils: a review

Y Bhalla, VK Gupta, V Jaitak - Journal of the Science of Food …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Natural essential oil constituents play an important role in cancer prevention and treatment.
Essential oil constituents from aromatic herbs and dietary plants include monoterpenes …

Iron behaving badly: inappropriate iron chelation as a major contributor to the aetiology of vascular and other progressive inflammatory and degenerative diseases

DB Kell - BMC medical genomics, 2009 - Springer
Background The production of peroxide and superoxide is an inevitable consequence of
aerobic metabolism, and while these particular'reactive oxygen species'(ROSs) can exhibit a …

Cancer chemoprevention by natural products: how far have we come?

RG Mehta, G Murillo, R Naithani, X Peng - Pharmaceutical research, 2010 - Springer
Since ancient times, natural products, herbs and spices have been used for preventing
several diseases, including cancer. The term chemoprevention was coined in the late 1970s …

Mechanisms of primary cancer prevention by butyrate and other products formed during gut flora-mediated fermentation of dietary fibre

D Scharlau, A Borowicki, N Habermann… - … Research/Reviews in …, 2009 - Elsevier
Dietary fibres are indigestible food ingredients that reach the colon and are then fermented
by colonic bacteria, resulting mainly in the formation of short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) such …

Ethanolic extract of propolis (EEP) enhances the apoptosis-inducing potential of TRAIL in cancer cells

E Szliszka, ZP Czuba, M Domino, B Mazur, G Zydowicz… - Molecules, 2009 - mdpi.com
Ethanolic extract of propolis (EEP) is one of the richest sources of phenolic acids and
flavonoids. EEP and its phenolic compounds have been known for various biological …

Preparation of antimicrobial gold and silver nanoparticles from tea leaf extracts

S Onitsuka, T Hamada, H Okamura - Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2019 - Elsevier
Gold and silver nanoparticles were prepared from the green tea and black tea extracts of the
leaves of Camellia sinensis. The metal nanoparticle solutions were obtained by reacting …