Anticancer properties of capsaicin against human cancer

Anticancer Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 837-844

  Clark, Ruth ^a   Lee, Seong Ho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Apoptosis; Capsaicin; Cell cycle; Metastasis; Review

Indexed keywords

3,3' DIINDOLYLMETHANE; CAPSAICIN; FLUOROURACIL; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PIRARUBICIN; RESVERATROL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BILE DUCT CANCER; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CELL CYCLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIOMA; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; METASTASIS; MYELOMA; NASOPHARYNX; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ANIMAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; NEOPLASMS; PEPPER;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CAPSAICIN; CAPSICUM; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG SYNERGISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84991585084     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: 17917530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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