Evidence to support the anti-cancer effect of olive leaf extract and future directions

Nutrients

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Boss, Anna ^a   Bishop, Karen S ^b   Marlow, Gareth ^a   Barnett, Matthew P G ^c   Ferguson, Lynnette R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cyclooxygenase 2; Inflammation; Mediterranean diet; Oleuropein; Olive leaf; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL; FLAVONOID; HYDROXYTYROSOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LUTEOLIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; OLEUROPEIN; PHYTOESTROGEN; POLYPHENOL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CANCER CELL LINE; CANCER GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME GLYCOSYLATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; NEOPLASMS; OLIVE TREE; PLANT LEAF;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OLEA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; POLYPHENOLS;

EID: 84983353747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu8080513     Document Type: Review

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