Mechanism of the Anticancer Effect of Phytochemicals

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-12-803876-5
Verlag: ACADEMIC PRESS

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 651 g

Volume 37 will provide details on the major chemical constituents of medicinal plants and their mechanism of action as the anticancer compounds. This special issue, in addition to the previous volume (volume 36 of The Enzyme series was on Natural Products and Cancer Signaling Targets: Isoprenoids, Polyphenols and Flavonoids), will highlight the significant advance made in the field in elucidating mechanisms of anticancer effect of the major phytochemicals.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bathaie, S. Zahra

Weitere Mitwirkende

Bathaie, S. Zahra

Tamanoi, Fuyuhiko

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Molekularbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemie (nichtmedizinisch)
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Onkologie, Krebsforschung
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie, Toxikologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Zellbiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Molekulare Medizin, Zellbiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- How Phytochemicals Prevent Chemical Carcinogens and/or Suppress Tumor Growth?
S. Zahra Bathaie, Nasim Faridi, Ahmad Nasimian, Hamid Heidarzadeh and Fuyuhiko Tamanoi
- Quercetin and Tryptanthrin: Two Broad Spectrum Anticancer Agents for Future Chemotherapeutic Interventions

G. Mohan Shankar, Jayesh Antony and Ruby John Anto
- Potential Anticancer Properties and Mechanisms of Action of Withanolides
Abbas K. Samadi
- Prenylated Dihydrochalcones from Artocarpus Altilis as Antiausterity Agents

Mai Thanh Thi Nguyen, Nhan Trung Nguyen and Suresh Awale
- Mechanisms of the Anticancer Effects of Isothiocyanates
Neel M. Fofaria, Alok Ranjan, Sung-Hoon Kim and Sanjay K. Srivastava
- Effects of Phytochemicals on Cancer SignalingMechanism of the anticancer effect of Lycopene (Tetraterpenoids)
Misaki Ono, Mikako Takeshima, and Shuji Nakano
- Sulfur-Containing Compounds
Elena De Gianni and Carmela Fimognari
- The Role of Soy Phytoestrogens on Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms of Prostate Cancer
Seher Karsli-Ceppioglu, Marjolaine Ngollo, Gaëlle Judes, Frédérique Penault-LLorca, Yves-Jean Bignon, L. Guy and Dominique Bernard-Gallon

Über Autor(innen)

Tamanoi, Fuyuhiko
Fuyu Tamanoi is a biochemist who has served on the UCLA School of Medicine and UCLA College faculty since he joined the Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics in 1993. He became a full professor in 1997.