Status and challenges of plant-anticancer compounds in cancer treatment

P Garcia-Oliveira, P Otero, AG Pereira, F Chamorro… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, cancer is one of the deadliest diseases in the world, which has been estimated
to cause 9.9 million deaths in 2020. Conventional treatments for cancer commonly involve …

Sodium alginate based drug delivery in management of breast cancer

MAJ Shaikh, KS Alharbi, WH Almalki, SS Imam… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Among women, breast cancer (B· C.) is a common form of cancer that can strike either
developed or developing countries. In addition to pregnancy-related variables, hormone …

[HTML][HTML] An evaluation on potential anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of Crocin

S Bastani, V Vahedian, M Rashidi, A Mir… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Crocin, an active ingredient derived from saffron, is one of the herbal components that has
recently been considered by researchers. Crocin has been shown to have many anti …

Chitosan-gum Arabic complex nanocarriers for encapsulation of saffron bioactive components

H Rajabi, SM Jafari, G Rajabzadeh, M Sarfarazi… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2019 - Elsevier
Evaluating the proficiency of complex based polymers in order to increase the bioavailability
and protection of bioactive compounds through nanoencapsulation has been studied during …

Insight into the progress on natural dyes: sources, structural features, health effects, challenges, and potential

N Li, Q Wang, J Zhou, S Li, J Liu, H Chen - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Dyes play an important role in food, medicine, textile, and other industries,
which make human life more colorful. With the increasing demand for food safety, the …

Recent Advances on the Anticancer Properties of Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) and Its Major Constituents

A Lambrianidou, F Koutsougianni, I Papapostolou… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally with an estimated 9.6 million deaths in
2018 and a sustained rise in its incidence in both developing and developed countries …

A comprehensive review on anticancer mechanisms of the main carotenoid of saffron, crocin

R Hoshyar, H Mollaei - Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Crocin is derived from dried stigmas of Crocus sativus L.(saffron). It has long
been used to prevent and treat various diseases. Although crocin is suggested as one of the …

Potential phytocompounds for developing breast cancer therapeutics: nature's healing touch

J Iqbal, BA Abbasi, R Batool, T Mahmood, B Ali… - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Breast cancer (BC) is a devastating disease in female around the world causing significant
health care burden in both developed and developing countries. In many cases BC has …

The Mediterranean Diet as source of bioactive compounds with multi-targeting anti-cancer profile

A Maruca, R Catalano, D Bagetta, F Mesiti… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Many bioactive agents have been extracted from plants or belong to functional foods and
have been considered in the treatment of serious and multifactorial diseases, such as …

Crocin inhibits the migration, invasion, and epithelial‐mesenchymal transition of gastric cancer cells via miR‐320/KLF5/HIF‐1α signaling

Y Zhou, Q Xu, J Shang, L Lu… - Journal of cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The biological activities of crocin, one of the main bioactive compounds of saffron, include
anti‐inflammatory, antioxidant, antidepressant, and anticancer effects. Crocin has been …