Natural products as multidrug resistance modulators in cancer

A Kumar, V Jaitak - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Cancer is a prominent cause of death globally. Currently, many drugs that are in clinical
practice are having a high prevalence of side effect and multidrug resistance. Risk of tumors …

Natural alkaloids as P-gp inhibitors for multidrug resistance reversal in cancer

P Joshi, RA Vishwakarma, SB Bharate - European journal of medicinal …, 2017 - Elsevier
The biggest challenge associated with cancer chemotherapy is the development of cross
multi-drug resistance to almost all anti-cancer agents upon chronic treatment. The major …

Drug delivery systems of natural products in oncology

M Colone, A Calcabrini, A Stringaro - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
In recent decades, increasing interest in the use of natural products in anticancer therapy
field has been observed, mainly due to unsolved drug-resistance problems. The antitumoral …

Voacamine is a novel inhibitor of EGFR exerting oncogenic activity against colorectal cancer through the mitochondrial pathway

Y Chen, J Yang, Y Zuo, C Zhang, Y Pu, Q Ren… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Colorectal cancer (CRC), among the most aggressive and prevailing neoplasms, is primarily
treated with chemotherapy. Voacamine (VOA), a novel bisindole natural product, possesses …

Synthesis and anti-melanoma activity of l-cysteine-coated iron oxide nanoparticles loaded with doxorubicin

LI Toderascu, LE Sima, S Orobeti, PE Florian… - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this study, we report on the synthesis of L-Cysteine (L-Cys)-coated magnetic iron oxide
nanoparticles (NPs) loaded with doxorubicin (Dox). The Fe3O4-L-Cys-Dox NPs were …

Mitochondria-targeted doxorubicin: a new therapeutic strategy against doxorubicin-resistant osteosarcoma

I Buondonno, E Gazzano, SR Jean, V Audrito… - Molecular cancer …, 2016 - AACR
Doxorubicin is one of the leading drugs for osteosarcoma standard chemotherapy. A total of
40% to 45% of high-grade osteosarcoma patients are unresponsive, or only partially …

Increasing Chemotherapeutic Efficacy Using pH-Modulating and Doxorubicin-Releasing Injectable Chitosan-Poly (ethylene glycol) Hydrogels

Z Ahmed, K LoGiudice, G Mays, A Schorr… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Modulation of pH is crucial to maintaining the chemical homeostasis of biological
environments. The irregular metabolic pathways exhibited by cancer cells result in the …

A natural product, voacamine, sensitizes paclitaxel-resistant human ovarian cancer cells

E Pellegrini, G Multari, FR Gallo, D Vecchiotti… - Toxicology and Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
Most women with ovarian cancer are treated with chemotherapy before or after surgery.
Unfortunately, chemotherapy treatment can cause negative side effects and the onset of …

Voacamine alters Leishmania ultrastructure and kills parasite by poisoning unusual bi-subunit topoisomerase IB

SR Chowdhury, A Kumar, JLP Godinho… - Biochemical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Indole alkaloids possess a large spectrum of biological activities including anti-protozoal
action. Here we report for the first time that voacamine, isolated from the plant …

Repurposing combination therapy of voacamine with vincristine for downregulation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α/fatty acid synthase co-axis and prolyl hydroxylase-2 …

L Singh, S Roy, A Kumar, S Rastogi… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The current study investigated the role of combination therapy with voacamine and
vincristine in preventing mammary gland carcinoma through prolyl hydroxylase-2 activation …