Antitumor promoting potential of selected phytochemicals derived from spices: A review

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-215

  Rajput, Shashi ^a   Mandal, Mahitosh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemoprevention; Molecular targets; Phytochemicals; Spices

Indexed keywords

ALLICIN; ANETHOLE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CAPSAICIN; CYCLIN D1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DIOSGENIN; FREE RADICAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; JANUS KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P53; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE; SURVIVIN; THYMOQUINONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; UBIQUINONE; VASCULOTROPIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTHRITIS; BLACK CUMIN; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME INHIBITION; FENNEL; FENUGREEK; GARLIC; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LEUKEMIA CELL; LUNG DISEASE; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; OSTEOSARCOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CAPSAICIN; DIOSGENIN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPICES;

EID: 84858290396     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: 14735709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e32834a7f0c     Document Type: Review

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