[6]-gingerol as a cancer chemopreventive agent: A review of its activity on different steps of the metastatic process

Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 313-321

  Poltronieri, Juliana ^a   Becceneri, Amanda B ^a   Fuzer, Angelina M ^a   Filho, Julio Cesar C ^a   Martin, Ana Carolina B M ^a   Vieira, Paulo Cézar ^a   Pouliot, Normand ^b,c   Cominetti, Márcia R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

6 gingerol; Apoptosis; Cancer; Ginger; Metastasis; Natural product

Indexed keywords

(6) GINGEROL; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; BETA CATENIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CYCLIN D1; CYTOCHROME C; GELATINASE B; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE C; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GINGER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METASTASIS; NEOPLASM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANGIOGENESIS INDUCING AGENTS; ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CATECHOLS; CELL MOVEMENT; FATTY ALCOHOLS; GINGER; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84905842373     PISSN: 13895575     EISSN: 18755607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1389557514666140219095510     Document Type: Article

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