The role of polyphenols in overcoming cancer drug resistance: A comprehensive review

P Maleki Dana, F Sadoughi, Z Asemi… - Cellular & molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Chemotherapeutic drugs are used to treat advanced stages of cancer or following surgery.
However, cancers often develop resistance against drugs, leading to failure of treatment and …

[HTML][HTML] An update on the role of intestinal cytochrome P450 enzymes in drug disposition

F Xie, X Ding, QY Zhang - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2016 - Elsevier
Oral administration is the most commonly used route for drug treatment. Intestinal
cytochrome P450 (CYP)-mediated metabolism can eliminate a large proportion of some …

Pharmacokinetic interactions of curcuminoids with conventional drugs: A review

R Bahramsoltani, R Rahimi, MH Farzaei - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2017 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Herb–drug interactions are of great concern in health
practices. Curcumin is a natural polyphenol extracted from turmeric, a spice widely used all …

Drug bioavailability enhancing agents of natural origin (bioenhancers) that modulate drug membrane permeation and pre-systemic metabolism

B Peterson, M Weyers, JH Steenekamp, JD Steyn… - Pharmaceutics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Many new chemical entities are discovered with high therapeutic potential, however, many
of these compounds exhibit unfavorable pharmacokinetic properties due to poor solubility …

Curcumin mitigates AFB1-induced hepatic toxicity by triggering cattle antioxidant and anti-inflammatory pathways: A whole transcriptomic in vitro study

M Pauletto, M Giantin, R Tolosi, I Bassan, A Barbarossa… - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) toxicity in livestock and human beings is a major economic and health
concern. Natural polyphenolic substances with antioxidant properties have proven to be …

Interactions between natural products and tamoxifen in breast cancer: a comprehensive literature review

C Yen, F Zhao, Z Yu, X Zhu, CG Li - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Tamoxifen (TAM) is the most commonly used hormone therapeutic drug for the
treatment of estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer. 30%–70% of clinical breast …

Effects of curcumin on ion channels and transporters

X Zhang, Q Chen, Y Wang, W Peng, H Cai - Frontiers in physiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Curcumin [1, 7-bis (4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1, 6-heptadiene-3, 5-dione], a polyphenolic
compound isolated from the rhizomes of Curcuma longa (turmeric), has been shown to …

CYP3A4 and seasonal variation in vitamin D status in addition to CYP2D6 contribute to therapeutic endoxifen level during tamoxifen therapy

WA Teft, IY Gong, B Dingle, K Potvin, J Younus… - Breast cancer research …, 2013 - Springer
Tamoxifen is a widely utilized adjuvant anti-estrogen agent for hormone receptor-positive
breast cancer, known to undergo CYP2D6-mediated bioactivation to endoxifen. However …

Impact of curcumin (with or without piperine) on the pharmacokinetics of tamoxifen

KGAM Hussaarts, DP Hurkmans, E Oomen-de Hoop… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Tamoxifen is a prodrug that is primarily metabolized into the pharmacologically active
metabolite endoxifen and eventually into inactive metabolites. The herb curcumin may …

Natural products—friends or foes?

D Margină, M Ilie, D Grădinaru, VP Androutsopoulos… - Toxicology Letters, 2015 - Elsevier
A trend in the general population has been observed in recent years regarding the
orientation toward preventive measures in health; in this context the increased interest from …