Effects of honey and its mechanisms of action on the development and progression of cancer

Molecules

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 2497-2522

  Erejuwa, Omotayo O ^a   Sulaiman, Siti A ^a   Ab Wahab, Mohd S ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Antimetastatic; Antiproliferative; Antitumor; Cancer; Honey

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; DRUG EFFECT; HONEY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NEOPLASM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; HONEY; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; NEOPLASMS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84894633874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules19022497     Document Type: Review

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