Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug activated gene-1 (NAG-1) modulators from natural products as anti-cancer agents

Life Sciences

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 75-84

  Yang, Min Hye ^a   Kim, Jinwoong ^b   Khan, Ikhlas A ^a,c   Walker, Larry A ^a,c   Khan, Shabana I ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Marine organism; Microorganism; NAG 1 transcriptional pathway; Phytochemical; Plant extract

Indexed keywords

(6) GINGEROL; 18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; 2 HYDROXYFLAVANONE; 3 INDOLEMETHANOL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; APIGENIN; ASPIDIN PB; BERBERINE; CAPSAICIN; DAMNACANTHAL; DIALLYL DISULFIDE; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVONOID; FORMONONETIN; GENISTEIN; ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN; LIGNAN; NATURAL PRODUCT; NONSTEROIDAL ANTIINFLAMMATORY DRUG ACTIVATED GENE 1 MODULATOR; PHLOROGLUCINOL DERIVATIVE; PINOSYLVIN; PLATYCODIN; PSEUDOLARIC ACID B; QUERCETIN; RESVERATROL; ROTTLERIN; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; XANTHORRHIZOL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; COPTIS CHINENSIS; COSCINIUM FENESTRATUM; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; MARINE SPECIES; MARUBIUM VULGARE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROORGANISM; PLEUROSPERMUM KAMTSCHATICUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PRUNUS SEROTINA; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

APIACEAE; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; COPTIS CHINENSIS; COSCINIUM FENESTRATUM; FABACEAE; LAMIACEAE; MENISPERMACEAE; PLEUROSPERMUM; PRUNUS SEROTINA; RANUNCULACEAE; ROSACEAE;

CANCER; MARINE ORGANISM; MICROORGANISM; NAG-1 TRANSCRIPTIONAL PATHWAY; PHYTOCHEMICAL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 15; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84897067890     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: 18790631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2014.01.075     Document Type: Review

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