Curcumin anticancer studies in pancreatic cancer

Nutrients

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Bimonte, Sabrina ^a   Barbieri, Antonio ^a   Leongito, Maddalena ^a   Piccirillo, Mauro ^a   Giudice, Aldo ^a   Pivonello, Claudia ^b   De Angelis, Cristina ^c   Granata, Vincenza ^a   Palaia, Raffaele ^a   Izzo, Francesco ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c IOS and COLEMAN Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Curcumin; Natural compound; Pancreatic cancer; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; CURCUMIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GEMCITABINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PACLITAXEL; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CELL GROWTH; DNA DAMAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS CANCER; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; TUMOR GROWTH; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PANCREAS; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CURCUMIN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84979243177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu8070433     Document Type: Review

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