Mechanism of the Anticancer Effect of Phytochemicals

by S. Zahra Bathaie (Editor), Fuyuhiko Tamanoi (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128038765
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	08/21/2015
Series:	The Enzymes , #37
Pages:	276
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

1. How Phytochemicals Prevent Chemical Carcinogens and/or Suppress Tumor Growth?
   S. Zahra Bathaie, Nasim Faridi, Ahmad Nasimian, Hamid Heidarzadeh and Fuyuhiko Tamanoi
2. Quercetin and Tryptanthrin : Two Broad Spectrum Anticancer Agents for Future Chemotherapeutic Interventions
   G. Mohan Shankar, Jayesh Antony and Ruby John Anto
3. Potential Anticancer Properties and Mechanisms of Action of Withanolides
   Abbas K. Samadi
4. Prenylated Dihydrochalcones from Artocarpus Altilis as Antiausterity Agents
   Mai Thanh Thi Nguyen, Nhan Trung Nguyen and Suresh Awale
5. Mechanisms of the Anticancer Effects of Isothiocyanates
   Neel M. Fofaria, Alok Ranjan, Sung-Hoon Kim and Sanjay K. Srivastava
6. Effects of Phytochemicals on Cancer SignalingMechanism of the anticancer effect of Lycopene (Tetraterpenoids)
   Misaki Ono, Mikako Takeshima, and Shuji Nakano
7. Sulfur-Containing Compounds
   Elena De Gianni and Carmela Fimognari
8. 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
   

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As with the previous volume, this special issue highlights the significant advance made in the field in elucidating mechanisms of anticancer effect of the major phytochemicals