Natural compounds and glutathione: Beyond mere antioxidants

C Di Giacomo, GA Malfa, B Tomasello, S Bianchi… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
The tripeptide glutathione plays important roles in many cell processes, including
differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis; in fact, disorders in glutathione homeostasis are …

Molecular targeted approaches to cancer therapy and prevention using chalcones

DD Jandial, CA Blair, S Zhang, LS Krill… - Current cancer drug …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
There is an emerging paradigm shift in oncology that seeks to emphasize molecularly
targeted approaches for cancer prevention and therapy. Chalcones (1, 3-diphenyl-2-propen …

Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of novel coumarin–chalcone hybrids as potential anticancer agents

KV Sashidhara, A Kumar, M Kumar, J Sarkar… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2010 - Elsevier
A series of coumarin–chalcone hybrids have been synthesized and evaluated for their in
vitro cytotoxicity against a panel of four human cancer cell lines and normal fibroblasts …

Synthesis and biological evaluation of simple methoxylated chalcones as anticancer, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant agents

BP Bandgar, SS Gawande, RG Bodade… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2010 - Elsevier
Chalcones have been identified as interesting compounds with cytotoxicity, anti-
inflammatory and antioxidant properties. In the present study, simple methoxychalcones …

Synthesis, docking and ADMET studies of novel chalcone triazoles for anti-cancer and anti-diabetic activity

Y Chinthala, S Thakur, S Tirunagari, S Chinde… - European journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
A series of novel chalcone-triazole derivatives were synthesized and screened for in vitro
anticancer activity on the human cancer cell lines IMR32 (neuroblastoma), HepG2 …

Novel antiproliferative flavonoids induce cell cycle arrest in human prostate cancer cell lines

AQ Haddad, V Venkateswaran… - Prostate cancer and …, 2006 - nature.com
Epidemiologic studies have demonstrated an inverse association between flavonoid intake
and prostate cancer (PCa) risk. The East Asian diet is very high in flavonoids and …

Pharmaceutical prospects of naturally occurring quinazolinone and its derivatives

D He, M Wang, S Zhao, Y Shu, H Zeng, C Xiao, C Lu… - Fitoterapia, 2017 - Elsevier
Quinazolinones belong to a family of heterocyclic nitrogen compounds that have attracted
increasing interest because of their broad spectrum of biological functions. This review …

Structural antitumoral activity relationships of synthetic chalcones

C Echeverria, JF Santibañez, O Donoso-Tauda… - International journal of …, 2009 - mdpi.com
Relationships between the structural characteristic of synthetic chalcones and their
antitumoral activity were studied. Treatment of HepG2 cells for 24 h with synthetic 2' …

Comparative evaluation of cytotoxicity and antioxidative activity of 20 flavonoids

N Li, JH Liu, J Zhang, BY Yu - Journal of Agricultural and Food …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Flavonoids are common dietary components with many health benefits shown through
epidemiological studies. However, the fact that flavonoids also act as pro-oxidants and …

Synthesis, Cytotoxicity, and Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi Activity of New Chalcones

JC Aponte, M Verástegui, E Málaga… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Synthesis of a cytotoxic dihydrochalcone, first isolated from a traditional Amazonian
medicinal plant Iryanthera juruensis Warb (Myristicaceae), followed by a comprehensive …