Review Article

Quercetin: Its Main Pharmacological Activity and Potential Application in Clinical Medicine

Table 5

Effects of quercetin on apoptosis of different tumour cells and its mechanism.

Cancer typeMechanismSignalling pathway

Lymphoma cell [60]↓ c-FLIP, cyclin D1, cMycPI3K/AKT/mTOR/STAT3
Ovarian cancer [62]↓ Cyclin D1, DNA-PK, phosphohistone H3
↑ p21
Breast cancer [63]↑ Caspase-3-8, p53, p21STAT3
Lung cancer [27]↓ Survivin
↑DR5
AKT-survivin