Plant flavonoids in cancer chemoprevention: role in genome stability

VC George, G Dellaire, HPV Rupasinghe - The Journal of nutritional …, 2017 - Elsevier
Carcinogenesis is a multistage process that involves a series of events comprising of
genetic and epigenetic changes leading to the initiation, promotion and progression of …

Dietary polyphenols in prevention and treatment of prostate cancer

RK Lall, DN Syed, VM Adhami, MI Khan… - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Prostate cancer is the most prevalent disease affecting males in many Western countries,
with an estimated 29,480 deaths in 2014 in the US alone. Incidence rates for prostate cancer …

Flavonoid apigenin inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory response through multiple mechanisms in macrophages

X Zhang, G Wang, EC Gurley, H Zhou - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Apigenin is a non-toxic natural flavonoid that is abundantly present in common
fruits and vegetables. It has been reported that apigenin has various beneficial health effects …

Plant flavone apigenin: an emerging anticancer agent

E Shankar, A Goel, K Gupta, S Gupta - Current pharmacology reports, 2017 - Springer
Research in cancer chemoprevention provides convincing evidence that increased intake of
vegetables and fruits may reduce the risk of several human malignancies. Phytochemicals …

Apigenin: A natural bioactive flavone-type molecule with promising therapeutic function

D Kashyap, A Sharma, HS Tuli, K Sak, VK Garg… - Journal of Functional …, 2018 - Elsevier
There exist overwhelming evidence that plant-derived bioactive flavonoids possess strong
therapeutic activities against cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and age-related …

Apigenin pretreatment enhances growth and salinity tolerance of rice seedlings

AMM Mekawy, MN Abdelaziz, A Ueda - Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Soil salinity is a limiting factor in rice production. Since flavonoids present in most plant
tissues play multiple roles in plant-environment interactions, in this study, we focused on the …

Polyphenols: Major regulators of key components of DNA damage response in cancer

M Majidinia, A Bishayee, B Yousefi - DNA repair, 2019 - Elsevier
DNA fidelity is constantly endangered by various types of intrinsic damages and extrinsic
damages. Cells that are affected by DNA damage employ a specific, intricate, and …

Chromophoric fingerprinting of brown carbon from residential biomass burning

RJ Huang, L Yang, J Shen, W Yuan… - … & Technology Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Emissions from residential biomass burning are a significant source of atmospheric brown
carbon (BrC). In this study, we used liquid chromatography-photodiode array-high resolution …

A comprehensive assessment of apigenin as an antiproliferative, proapoptotic, antiangiogenic and immunomodulatory phytocompound

A Ghițu, A Schwiebs, HH Radeke, S Avram, I Zupko… - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Apigenin (4′, 5, 7-trihydroxyflavone)(Api) is an important component of the human diet,
being distributed in a wide number of fruits, vegetables and herbs with the most important …

Apigenin produced by maize flavone synthase I and II protects plants against UV‐B‐induced damage

S Righini, EJ Rodriguez, C Berosich… - Plant, Cell & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Flavones, one of the largest groups of flavonoids, have beneficial effects on human health
and are considered of high nutritional value. Previously, we demonstrated that maize type I …