Role of phytochemicals in cancer prevention

A Ranjan, S Ramachandran, N Gupta… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The use of synthetic, natural, or biological agents to minimize the occurrence of cancer in
healthy individuals is defined as cancer chemoprevention. Chemopreventive agents inhibit …

Prostate Cancer Biomarkers: From diagnosis to prognosis and precision-guided therapeutics

M Adamaki, V Zoumpourlis - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2021 - Elsevier
Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most commonly diagnosed malignancies and among the
leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide. It is a highly heterogeneous disease …

Mechanisms underlying biological effects of cruciferous glucosinolate-derived isothiocyanates/indoles: a focus on metabolic syndrome

M Esteve - Frontiers in Nutrition, 2020 - frontiersin.org
An inverse correlation between vegetable consumption and the incidence of cancer has
long been described. This protective effect is stronger when cruciferous vegetables are …

The role of isothiocyanates as cancer chemo-preventive, chemo-therapeutic and anti-melanoma agents

M Mitsiogianni, G Koutsidis, N Mavroudis, DT Trafalis… - Antioxidants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Many studies have shown evidence in support of the beneficial effects of phytochemicals in
preventing chronic diseases, including cancer. Among such phytochemicals, sulphur …

Dietary isothiocyanates inhibit cancer progression by modulation of epigenome

MK Sundaram, R Preetha, S Haque, N Akhter… - Seminars in Cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cell cycle, growth, survival and metabolism are tightly regulated together and failure in
cellular regulation leads to carcinogenesis. Several signaling pathways like the PI3K, WNT …

Phytochemicals based chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic strategies and modern technologies to overcome limitations for better clinical applications

VK Singh, D Arora, MI Ansari… - Phytotherapy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Naturally occurring phytochemicals or plant derivatives are now being explored extensively
for their health's benefits and medicinal uses. The therapeutic effect of phytochemicals has …

Prospective epigenetic actions of organo-sulfur compounds against cancer: perspectives and molecular mechanisms

S Shoaib, MA Ansari, M Ghazwani, U Hani, YF Jamous… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Epigenetics has provided a new dimension to our understanding of cancer
initiation and progression. Unlike the genetic changes in DNA sequence, abnormal …

Health-promoting role of dietary bioactive compounds through epigenetic modulations: a novel prophylactic and therapeutic approach

A Kumari, S Bhawal, S Kapila, H Yadav… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The epigenome is an overall epigenetic state of an organism, which is as important as that of
the genome for normal development and functioning of an individual. Epigenetics involves …

Association of smoking, alcohol use, and betel quid chewing with epigenetic aberrations in cancers

TH Wang, SM Hsia, YH Shih, TM Shieh - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Numerous environmental factors such as diet, alcohol use, stress, and environmental
chemicals are known to elicit epigenetic changes, leading to increased rates of cancers and …

DNMT1-mediated demethylation of lncRNA MEG3 promoter suppressed breast cancer progression by repressing Notch1 signaling pathway

T Pan, H Ding, L Jin, S Zhang, D Wu, W Pan, M Dong… - Cell Cycle, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Breast carcinoma is one of the common causes of cancer-related mortality in women.
Maternally expressed gene 3 (MEG3), a lncRNA located at 14q32, can be involved in …