Formulation strategies for enhancing the bioavailability of silymarin: the state of the art

A Di Costanzo, R Angelico - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Silymarin, a mixture of flavonolignan and flavonoid polyphenolic compounds extractable
from milk thistle (Silybum marianum) seeds, has anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer …

The efficacy of natural bioactive compounds against prostate cancer: Molecular targets and synergistic activities

MAR Mia, D Dey, MR Sakib, MY Biswas… - Phytotherapy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, prostate cancer (PCa) is regarded as a challenging health issue, and the number
of PCa patients continues to rise despite the availability of effective treatments in recent …

Anti-cancer natural products isolated from chinese medicinal herbs

W Tan, J Lu, M Huang, Y Li, M Chen, G Wu, J Gong… - Chinese medicine, 2011 - Springer
In recent years, a number of natural products isolated from Chinese herbs have been found
to inhibit proliferation, induce apoptosis, suppress angiogenesis, retard metastasis and …

Antimetastatic efficacy of silibinin: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potential against cancer

G Deep, R Agarwal - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2010 - Springer
Cancer is a major health problem around the world. Research efforts in the last few decades
have been successful in providing better and effective treatments against both early stage …

Chinese herbal medicine-derived compounds for cancer therapy: a focus on hepatocellular carcinoma

Y Hu, S Wang, X Wu, J Zhang, R Chen, M Chen… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) as the major histological
subtype of primary liver cancer remains one of the most common malignancies worldwide …

Silymarin and cancer: A dual strategy in both in chemoprevention and chemosensitivity

D Delmas, J Xiao, A Vejux, V Aires - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Silymarin extracted from milk thistle consisting of flavonolignan silybin has shown
chemopreventive and chemosensitizing activity against various cancers. The present review …

Silibinin and STAT3: A natural way of targeting transcription factors for cancer therapy

J Bosch-Barrera, JA Menendez - Cancer treatment reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is constitutively activated in many
different types of cancer and plays a pivotal role in tumor growth and metastasis …

[HTML][HTML] Potential phytochemicals in the fight against skin cancer: Current landscape and future perspectives

J Iqbal, BA Abbasi, R Ahmad, R Batool… - Biomedicine & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Skin cancer is a life threatening disease and their prevalence and risk has been increasing
over the past three decades causing significant loss to human health worldwide. Mostly skin …

Silibinin to improve cancer therapeutic, as an apoptotic inducer, autophagy modulator, cell cycle inhibitor, and microRNAs regulator

Z Jahanafrooz, N Motamed, B Rinner, A Mokhtarzadeh… - Life sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Silibinin is a natural plant polyphenol with high antioxidant and anticancer properties, which
causes broad-spectrum efficacy against cancer, including cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in …

Targeting STAT3 with silibinin to improve cancer therapeutics

J Bosch-Barrera, B Queralt, JA Menendez - Cancer treatment reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) has a prominent role in mediating
resistance to conventional chemo-/radio-therapies and modern targeted drugs. While a …