Review Article
Greco-Arab and Islamic Herbal-Derived Anticancer Modalities: From Tradition to Molecular Mechanisms
Table 1
Effects of food and herbal-derived compounds in cancer chemoprevention.
| Active principle(s) | Sources | Apoptosis induction | Anti angiogenesis | Anti metastasis effect | Anti inflammatory/ Antioxidant properties | References |
| Citral | Aloysia citrodora Palau, Cymbopogon sp. Melissa officinalis L. | + | | | | [43] | Crocetin | Crocus sativus L. | + | + | + | + | [44, 45] | Curcumin | Curcuma longa L. | + | + | | + | [46, 47] | Diallyl sulfide | Allium sativum L. | + | + | | + | [48, 49] | Fibers, Lignans, isoflavones, and phenolic acids | Triticum aestivum L. | + | | | | [50–52] | Several flavonoids | Ficus carica L. | | | + | + | [53, 54] | Inulin-type fructans beta(2,1) fructans | Cichorium intybus L. | | + | + | + | [55] | Oleuropein | Olea europea L. | + | + | + | + | [39, 40, 56] | Several polyphenols | Punica granatum L. | + | + | + | + | [57, 58] | Quercetin | Allium cepa L. | + | + | | + | [59, 60] | Silymarin | Silybum marianum L. Gaertn. | + | + | | + | [61–63] | Thymoquinone | Nigella sativa L. | + | + | + | + | [64–66] | Several active compounds | Arum palaestinum L. | + | | | + | [2, 30, 67] | Several active compounds | Honey | | | + | + | [68–70] |
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