Curcumin-the paradigm of a multi-target natural compound with applications in cancer prevention and treatment

Toxins

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 128-162

  Teiten, Marie Hélène ^a   Eifes, Serge ^a   Dicato, Mario ^a   Diederich, Marc ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE DU CANCER   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cell proliferation; Curcumin; Genomic; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BIDEMETHOXYCURCUMIN; CALCITRIOL; CAPECITABINE; CELECOXIB; CURCUMIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DEMETHOXYCURCUMIN; DOCETAXEL; EMBELIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GEMCITABINE; GENISTEIN; HEXAHYDROCURCUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; OCTAHYDROCURCUMIN; PACLITAXEL; PHENETHYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; QUERCETIN; RESVERATROL; STAT1 PROTEIN; SULINDAC; TETRAHYDROCURCUMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; AUTOPHAGY; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CELL DEATH; COLON CANCER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LUNG CANCER; MITOTIC CATASTROPHE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; TISSUE INJURY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG EFFECTS; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CURCUMIN; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79952025567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins2010128     Document Type: Review

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