Spices for prevention and treatment of cancers

Nutrients

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Zheng, Jie ^a   Zhou, Yue ^a   Li, Ya ^a   Xu, Dong Ping ^a   Li, Sha ^b   Li, Hua Bin ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cancer; Capsaicin; Curcumin; Spice; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

BLACK PEPPER EXTRACT; CAPSAICIN; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; CURCUMIN; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; PIPERINE; THYMOQUINONE; 1,3 BENZODIOXOLE DERIVATIVE; ALKALOID; AMIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLACK CUMIN; BLACK PEPPER; BREAST CANCER; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CROCUS SATIVUS; CURCUMA LONGA; DRUG MECHANISM; GARLIC; GINGER; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SPICE; STOMACH CANCER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; APOPTOSIS; CHEMISTRY; CROCUS; CURCUMA; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; NEOPLASMS; PEPPER; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES;

ALKALOIDS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BENZODIOXOLES; BENZOQUINONES; CAPSAICIN; CAPSICUM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CROCUS; CURCUMA; CURCUMIN; GARLIC; GINGER; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NIGELLA SATIVA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PIPER NIGRUM; PIPERIDINES; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; SPICES;

EID: 84982315626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu8080495     Document Type: Review

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