Greco-Arab and Islamic herbal-derived anticancer modalities: From tradition to molecular mechanisms

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zaid, Hilal ^a,b   Silbermann, Michael ^c   Ben Arye, Eran ^c,d   Saad, Bashar ^a,b  

^a Al Qasemi Academy   (Israel)

^b ARAB AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d Lin Medical Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ARUM PALAESTINUM EXTRACT; CATECHIN; CROCETIN; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; EPICATECHIN; FLAVONOID; GARLIC EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROXYTYROSOL; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; OLEUROPEIN; OLIVE EXTRACT; ONION EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; PUNICA GRANATUM EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; RESVERATROL; THYMOQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URTICA DIOICA EXTRACT; VITIS VINIFERA EXTRACT;

ANEMIA; APHTHAE; ARAB; ARTHRITIS; ARUM PALAESTINUM; BLACK CUMIN; BLADDER DISCOMFORT; BURN; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLON CANCER; COLON TUMOR; CROCUS SATIVUS; DIET THERAPY; DRUG MECHANISM; ECZEMA; GARLIC; GRAPE; GREECE; HAY FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; INFLUENZA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MIDDLE EAST; MOUTH ULCER; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OLIVE; ONION; PAIN; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT CARE; POMEGRANATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR; SORE THROAT; STOMACH DISEASE; TOOTH PAIN; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 84855583521     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/349040     Document Type: Review

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