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Cancer and Traditional Plant Knowledge, an Interesting Field to Explore: Data from the Catalan Linguistic Area.
Cancer is the second cause of death in the world and is foreseen to be responsible for about 16 million deaths in 2040. Approximately, 60% of the drugs used to treat cancer are of natural origin. Besides the extensive use of some of these drugs in therapies, such as those... -
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Diterpenoids from Scutellaria barbata induce tumour-selective cytotoxicity by taking the brakes off apoptosis.
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Cytotoxicity of Fenugreek Sprout and Seed Extracts and Their Bioactive Constituents on MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells.
Trigonella foenum-graecum L. (fenugreek), a member of the legume family (Fabaceae), is a promising source of bioactive phytochemicals, which explains its traditional use for a variety of metabolic disorders including cancer. The current study aimed to evaluate extracts of fenugreek seeds and sprouts, and some of their constituents, to compare...Khoja, Kholoud K. ; Howes, Melanie-Jayne R. ; Hider, Robert ; Sharp, Paul A. ; Farrell, Iain W. …
Cytotoxicity, Fenugreek, MCF-7, Trigonella foenum-graecum, Cancer, and Iron
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Potential chemopreventive, anticancer and anti-inflammatory properties of a refined artocarpin-rich wood extract of Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.
Colorectal cancer (CRC) represents the third leading cause of death among cancer patients below the age of 50, necessitating improved treatment and prevention initiatives. A crude methanol extract from the wood pulp of was found to be the most bioactive among multiple others, and an enriched extract containing 84% (...Morrison, Isaac J. ; Zhang, Jianan ; Lin, Jingwen ; Murray, JeAnn E. ; Porter, Roy …
Plant sciences, Diseases, Cancer, Molecular medicine, and Biochemistry