Thymoquinone, as a novel therapeutic candidate of cancers

B Almajali, HAN Al-Jamal, WRW Taib, I Ismail… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
To date, natural products are widely used as pharmaceutical agents for many human
diseases and cancers. One of the most popular natural products that have been studied for …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic role of thymoquinone: impact on cellular mechanism and cancer therapeutics

MA Khan, M Tania, J Fu - Drug discovery today, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Thymoquinone is a natural product with anticancer activity.•Thymoquinone can
methylate or demethylate DNA.•Thymoquinone can interfere with the histone acetylation …

Targeting microRNAs with thymoquinone: a new approach for cancer therapy

M Homayoonfal, Z Asemi, B Yousefi - Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters, 2021 - Springer
Cancer is a global disease involving transformation of normal cells into tumor types via
numerous mechanisms, with mortality among all generations, in spite of the breakthroughs …

[HTML][HTML] Thymoquinone and its pharmacological perspective: A review

S Tabassum, N Rosli, SJA Ichwan, P Mishra - … Research-Modern Chinese …, 2021 - Elsevier
Thymoquinone (TQ) a plant-derived dietary of Nigella sativa, is a well-known traditionally
and clinically used natural medicine. The diverse pharmacological properties of TQ have …

Thymoquinone suppresses angiogenesis in DEN-Induced hepatocellular carcinoma by targeting miR-1-3p

SA Tadros, YM Attia, NW Maurice, SA Fahim… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is characterized by its high vascularity and metastasis.
Thymoquinone (TQ), the main bio-active constituent of Nigella sativa, has shown anticancer …

[HTML][HTML] Thymoquinone in autoimmune diseases: Therapeutic potential and molecular mechanisms

MY Ali, Z Akter, Z Mei, M Zheng, M Tania… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Autoimmune diseases (AUDs) are a multifactorial disease, among which rheumatoid
arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and multiple sclerosis are more prevalent. Several …

Chemopreventive agents from nature: a review of apigenin, rosmarinic acid, and thymoquinone

RF Abutayeh, M Altah, A Mehdawi, I Al-Ataby… - Current Issues in …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Cancer, a major challenge to global health and healthcare systems, requires the study of
alternative and supportive treatments due to the limitations of conventional therapies. This …

Therapeutic perspective of thymoquinone: A mechanistic treatise

MS Butt, M Imran, A Imran, MS Arshad… - Food Science & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The higher utilization of fruits and vegetables is well known to cure human maladies due to
the presence of bioactive components. Among these compounds, thymoquinone, a …

Insights into the protective effects of thymoquinone against toxicities induced by chemotherapeutic agents

J Farooq, R Sultana, T Taj, SMB Asdaq, AJ Alsalman… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The drugs used to treat cancer not only kill fast-growing cancer cells, but also kill or slow the
growth of healthy cells, causing systemic toxicities that lead to altered functioning of normal …

Thymoquinone upregulates miR‐125a‐5p, attenuates STAT3 activation, and potentiates doxorubicin antitumor activity in murine solid Ehrlich carcinoma

HH Atteia, MH Arafa, NS Mohammad… - … of Biochemical and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In breast cancer, there has been evidence of atypical activation of signal transduction and
activators of transcription 3 (STAT3). Thymoquinone (TQ) exerts its anti‐neoplastic effect …