Glycyrrhiza glabra (Licorice): A Comprehensive Review on Its Phytochemistry, Biological Activities, Clinical Evidence and Toxicology

S Wahab, S Annadurai, SS Abullais, G Das, W Ahmad… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
There are more than 30 species of Glycyrrhiza genus extensively spread worldwide. It was
the most prescribed herb in Ancient Egyptian, Roman, Greek, East China, and the West from …

Traditional Chinese Medicine has great potential as candidate drugs for lung cancer: A review

Z Wei, J Chen, F Zuo, J Guo, X Sun, D Liu… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance With high mortality and morbidity rates, lung cancer (LC)
has become one of the major threats to human health. The treatment strategies for LC …

Molecular mechanisms underlying the anticancer activities of licorice flavonoids

Z Zhang, L Yang, J Hou, S Tian, Y Liu - Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2021 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Licorice has been commonly used in traditional Chinese
medicine for treatment of gastric, liver, and respiratory disease conditions for more than two …

Role of licochalcone A in potential pharmacological therapy: a review

MT Li, L Xie, HM Jiang, Q Huang, RS Tong… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Licochalcone A (LA), a useful and valuable flavonoid, is isolated from Glycyrrhiza uralensis
Fisch. ex DC. and widely used clinically in traditional Chinese medicine. We systematically …

Anticancer activity of natural and synthetic chalcones

T Constantinescu, CN Lungu - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer is a condition caused by many mechanisms (genetic, immune, oxidation, and
inflammatory). Anticancer therapy aims to destroy or stop the growth of cancer cells …

Perspectives and controversies regarding the use of natural products for the treatment of lung cancer

T Wen, L Song, S Hua - Cancer Medicine, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer‐related mortality both in men and women and
accounts for 18.4% of all cancer‐related deaths. Although advanced therapy methods have …

[HTML][HTML] Focus on immune checkpoint PD-1/PD-L1 pathway: New advances of polyphenol phytochemicals in tumor immunotherapy

K Liu, Q Sun, Q Liu, H Li, W Zhang, C Sun - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
The rise of cancer immunotherapy, particularly the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors
(ICIs), has significantly changed the clinical treatment paradigm for patients with cancer. The …

ER stress induces cell cycle arrest at the G2/M phase through eIF2α phosphorylation and GADD45α

D Lee, D Hokinson, S Park, R Elvira, F Kusuma… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is known to influence various cellular functions, including
cell cycle progression. Although it is well known how ER stress inhibits cell cycle …

Anticancer potential of natural chalcones: in vitro and in vivo evidence

R Michalkova, L Mirossay, M Kello… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
There is no doubt that significant progress has been made in tumor therapy in the past
decades. However, the discovery of new molecules with potential antitumor properties still …

Licochalcone A from licorice root, an inhibitor of human hepatoma cell growth via induction of cell apoptosis and cell cycle arrest

J Wang, YS Zhang, K Thakur, SS Hussain… - Food and Chemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
We investigated the anti-cancer activity of Licochalcone A (LCA), extracted from licorice root.
LCA inhibited the proliferation of HepG 2 cells with IC 50 (65.96 μM) for 24 h and IC 50 …