Pharmacological potential of tocotrienols: a review

H Ahsan, A Ahad, J Iqbal, WA Siddiqui - Nutrition & metabolism, 2014 - Springer
Tocotrienols, members of the vitamin E family, are natural compounds found in a number of
vegetable oils, wheat germ, barley, and certain types of nuts and grains. Like tocopherols …

Nutrigenomics of extra‐virgin olive oil: A review

M Piroddi, A Albini, R Fabiani, L Giovannelli… - Biofactors, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Nutrigenomics data on the functional components of olive oil are still sparse, but rapidly
increasing. Olive oil is the main source of fat and health‐promoting component of the …

Cellulose acetate nanofibers loaded with crude annatto extract: Preparation, characterization, and in vivo evaluation for potential wound healing applications

AEA Dos Santos, FV Dos Santos, KM Freitas… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study we prepared annatto-loaded cellulose acetate nanofiber scaffolds and
evaluated both in vitro cytotoxicity and potential for wound healing in a rat model. Annatto …

[HTML][HTML] Natural forms of vitamin E as effective agents for cancer prevention and therapy

Q Jiang - Advances in Nutrition, 2017 - Elsevier
Initial research on vitamin E and cancer has focused on α-tocopherol (αT), but recent clinical
studies on cancer-preventive effects of αT supplementation have shown disappointing …

Tocotrienols: The promising analogues of vitamin E for cancer therapeutics

BL Sailo, K Banik, G Padmavathi, M Javadi… - Pharmacological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite the significant advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, it still
remains one of the most fatal diseases in the world due to the lack of sensitive diagnosis …

Targeted delivery of doxorubicin to HER2 positive tumor models

H Gomari, M Forouzandeh Moghadam… - International journal …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Exosomes are natural nanovesicles with unique characteristics, such as long
circulating half-life, the intrinsic ability to target tissues, biocompatibility, and minimal or no …

Molecular mechanisms of action of tocotrienols in cancer: Recent trends and advancements

V Aggarwal, D Kashyap, K Sak, HS Tuli, A Jain… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Tocotrienols, found in several natural sources such as rice bran, annatto seeds, and palm oil
have been reported to exert various beneficial health promoting properties especially …

Vitamin E–gene interactions in aging and inflammatory age-related diseases: Implications for treatment. A systematic review

E Mocchegiani, L Costarelli, R Giacconi… - Ageing research …, 2014 - Elsevier
Aging is a complex biological phenomenon in which the deficiency of the nutritional state
combined with the presence of chronic inflammation and oxidative stress contribute to the …

δ‐Tocotrienol induces apoptosis, involving endoplasmic reticulum stress and autophagy, and paraptosis in prostate cancer cells

F Fontana, RM Moretti, M Raimondi… - Cell …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Prostate cancer, after the phase of androgen dependence, may progress to the
castration‐resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) stage, with resistance to standard therapies …

Ultrasound-assisted formation of annatto seed oil emulsions stabilized by biopolymers

EK Silva, MTMS Gomes, MD Hubinger, RL Cunha… - Food …, 2015 - Elsevier
This work investigated the stabilization mechanisms of annatto seed oil emulsions, rich in δ-
tocotrienol, by employing biopolymers such as gum arabic (GA), whey protein isolate (WPI) …