Natural products as anticancer agents: current status and future perspectives

A Naeem, P Hu, M Yang, J Zhang, Y Liu, W Zhu… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Natural products have been an invaluable and useful source of anticancer agents over the
years. Several compounds have been synthesized from natural products by modifying their …

Opportunities and challenges for co-delivery nanomedicines based on combination of phytochemicals with chemotherapeutic drugs in cancer treatment

Q Gao, J Feng, W Liu, C Wen, Y Wu, Q Liao… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
The therapeutic limitations such as insufficient efficacy, drug resistance, metastasis, and
undesirable side effects are frequently caused by the long duration monotherapy based on …

[HTML][HTML] Turmeric and its major compound curcumin on health: bioactive effects and safety profiles for food, pharmaceutical, biotechnological and medicinal …

J Sharifi-Rad, YE Rayess, AA Rizk, C Sadaka… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Curcumin, a yellow polyphenolic pigment from the Curcuma longa L.(turmeric) rhizome, has
been used for centuries for culinary and food coloring purposes, and as an ingredient for …

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 …

Bioactivity, health benefits, and related molecular mechanisms of curcumin: Current progress, challenges, and perspectives

XY Xu, X Meng, S Li, RY Gan, Y Li, HB Li - Nutrients, 2018 - mdpi.com
Curcumin is a principal curcuminoid of turmeric (Curcuma longa), which is commonly used
as a spice in cooking and a yellow pigment in the food processing industry. Recent studies …

Recent updates on mechanisms of resistance to 5-fluorouracil and reversal strategies in colon cancer treatment

S Azwar, HF Seow, M Abdullah, M Faisal Jabar… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Acquired resistance to chemotherapy by cancer cells is the predominant
factor in chemotherapy failure, which ultimately leads to disease progression and death …

Curcumin combination chemotherapy: The implication and efficacy in cancer

BL Tan, ME Norhaizan - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Many chemotherapeutic drugs have been used for the treatment of cancer, for instance,
doxorubicin, irinotecan, 5-fluorouracil, cisplatin, and paclitaxel. However, the effectiveness of …

5-Fluorouracil: a narrative review on the role of regulatory mechanisms in driving resistance to this chemotherapeutic agent

S Ghafouri-Fard, A Abak, F Tondro Anamag… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
5-fluorouracil (5-FU) is among the mostly administrated chemotherapeutic agents for a wide
variety of neoplasms. Non-coding RNAs have a central impact on the determination of the …

Autophagy and its role in gastric cancer

Y Cao, Y Luo, J Zou, J Ouyang, Z Cai, X Zeng, H Ling… - Clinica Chimica …, 2019 - Elsevier
Autophagy, which is tightly regulated by a series of autophagy-related genes (ATGs), is a
vital intracellular homeostatic process through which defective proteins and organelles are …

Plants as a source of anticancer agents: From bench to bedside

WH Talib, S Daoud, AI Mahmod, RA Hamed, D Awajan… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer is the second leading cause of death after cardiovascular diseases. Conventional
anticancer therapies are associated with lack of selectivity and serious side effects. Cancer …