Therapeutic Potential and Mechanisms of Phytochemical Extracts in Cancer Treatment
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemicals and Human Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 March 2025 | Viewed by 906
Special Issue Editors
Interests: quality of food; food supplements; macro- and microelements; toxic elements; food-drug interactions; nutrition; dietary habits; eating patterns; antioxidant status; metabolic syndrome; plants; mushrooms and bee products in supporting cancer treatment
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Interests: natural extracts; bioactive food components; macro- and microelements; toxic elements; antioxidant status; cancers prevention; anticancer activity; cells apoptosis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cancer incidence is a global problem for countries around the world. A disturbing phenomenon is the continuous increase in the incidence of various types of cancer and high mortality. The current surgical treatments, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, cause numerous side effects and do not give satisfactory results. The data suggest that an increasing number of patients with cancer use some form of complementary and alternative medicine to support therapy. Therefore, there is a great need to understand the underlying mechanisms of tumor progression and search for new natural substances with anticancer potential.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to present research articles that explain the anticancer effects (in vitro and in vivo) of natural bioactive compounds, with particular emphasis on cancer treatment, cancer prevention, and their safety and synergistic effects with chemotherapeutic drugs in anticancer treatment. Research articles covering the effects of crude phytochemical extracts, extracted fractions, and/or pure compounds, as well as their derivatives, with special emphasis on their use of various human cancers and their benefits to human health, are also appreciated.
Dr. Renata Markiewicz-Żukowska
Dr. Justyna Moskwa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- phytochemicals
- bioactive molecules
- functional ingredients
- plant extracts
- extraction methods
- isolation and identification
- cancers
- anticancer activity
- anticancer mechanisms
- cancer prevention
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