Searching for novel cancer chemopreventive plants and their products: The genus Zanthoxylum

Current Drug Targets

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1895-1902

  Epifano, Francesco ^a   Curini, Massimo ^b   Marcotullio, Maria Carla ^b   Genovese, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti cancer activity; Cancer chemoprevention; Edible plants; Prenyloxyphenylpropanoids; Rutaceae; Zanthoxylum

Indexed keywords

3,5 DIHYDROXY 7,8,4? TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CASPASE 12; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; I KAPPA B; MITHRAMYCIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PLANT EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STAT3 PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZANTHOXYLUM AILANTHOIDES EXTRACT; ZANTHOXYLUM CHALIBEUM EXTRACT; ZANTHOXYLUM EXTRACT; ZANTHOXYLUM FAGARA EXTRACT; ZANTHOXYLUM INTEGRIFOLIOLUM EXTRACT; ZANTHOXYLUM MADAGASCARIENSE EXTRACT; ZANTHOXYLUM MONOPHYLLUM EXTRACT; ZANTHOXYLUM NITIDUM EXTRACT; ZANTHOXYLUM PIPERITUM EXTRACT; ZANTHOXYLUM PISTACIIFLORUM EXTRACT; ZANTHOXYLUM RHESTA EXTRACT; ZANTHOXYLUM RHOIFOLIUM EXTRACT; ZANTHOXYLUM SCHINIFOLIUM EXTRACT; ZANTHOXYLUM SIMULANS EXTRACT;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ASCITES TUMOR; BARK; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL VIABILITY; COLON CANCER; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; EDEMA; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PAPILLOMA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PREMEDICATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ZANTHOXYLUM; ZANTHOXYLUM AILANTHOIDES; ZANTHOXYLUM ALATUM; ZANTHOXYLUM AMERICANUM; ZANTHOXYLUM CHALIBEUM; ZANTHOXYLUM FAGARA; ZANTHOXYLUM INTEGRIFOLIOLUM; ZANTHOXYLUM MADAGASCARIENSE; ZANTHOXYLUM MONOPHYLLUM; ZANTHOXYLUM NITIDUM; ZANTHOXYLUM PIPERITUM; ZANTHOXYLUM PISTACIIFLORUM; ZANTHOXYLUM RHESTA; ZANTHOXYLUM RHOIFOLIUM; ZANTHOXYLUM SCHINIFOLIUM; ZANTHOXYLUM SIMULANS;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CHEMOPREVENTION; DIET; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPICES; ZANTHOXYLUM;

EID: 82055174744     PISSN: 13894501     EISSN: 18735592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138945011798184128     Document Type: Review

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