Understanding genistein in cancer: The "good" and the "bad" effects: A review

Food Chemistry

Volumn 196, Issue , 2016, Pages 589-600

  Russo, Maria ^a   Russo, Gian Luigi ^a   Daglia, Maria ^b   Kasi, Pandima Devi ^c   Ravi, Sakthivel ^c   Nabavi, Seyed Fazel ^d   Nabavi, Seyed Mohammad ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

ER ER ; Genistein; miRNA; Soybean; Tyrosine kinases

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; MOLECULES; RNA; TUMORS;

CHEMOPREVENTIVE EFFECTS; CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIAS; GENISTEIN; MIRNA; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; PHARMACOLOGICAL EFFECTS; SOYBEAN; TYROSINE KINASE;

FLAVONOIDS;

GENISTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER THERAPY; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COLON CANCER; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; NEOPLASMS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOYBEAN;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENISTEIN; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOYBEANS;

EID: 84943279597     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.09.085     Document Type: Review

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