Kaempferol: A key emphasis to its anticancer potential

Molecules

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2019, Pages

  Imran, Muhammad ^a   Salehi, Bahare ^b   Sharifi Rad, Javad ^c   Gondal, Tanweer Aslam ^d   Saeed, Farhan ^e   Imran, Ali ^e   Shahbaz, Muhammad ^f   Fokou, Patrick Valere Tsouh ^g   Arshad, Muhammad Umair ^e   Khan, Haroon ^h   Guerreiro, Susana G ^i,j,k   Martins, Natália ^i,j   Estevinho, Leticia M ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAHORE   (Pakistan)

^b BAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ZABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f MNS UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^h ABDUL WALI KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

ⁱ University of Porto   (Portugal)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^l INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

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Author keywords

Anticancer; Antioxidant; Apoptosis; Cell cycle arrest; Chemoprevention; Kaempferol; Metastasis; Pharmacodynamics; Pharmacokinetics; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; KAEMPFEROL; KAEMPFEROL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PRECLINICAL STUDY;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHEMOPREVENTION; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HUMANS; KAEMPFEROLS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS;

EID: 85068472007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules24122277     Document Type: Review

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