Pharmacological basis and new insights of quercetin action in respect to its anti-cancer effects

Quercetin is a kind of flavonoid compounds that comes from nature and is widely existed in the daily diet. Previous studies have found that quercetin has many effects such as anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidation and anti-cancer. Both in vivo and in vitro experiments have demonstrated that quercetin can...

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Main Authors: Si-Min Tang, Xue-Ting Deng, Jian Zhou, Quan-Peng Li, Xian-Xiu Ge, Lin Miao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332219352266
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spelling doaj-56b966f9c93b4f24a1583de76600a44b2021-05-20T07:39:27ZengElsevierBiomedicine & Pharmacotherapy0753-33222020-01-01121109604Pharmacological basis and new insights of quercetin action in respect to its anti-cancer effectsSi-Min Tang0Xue-Ting Deng1Jian Zhou2Quan-Peng Li3Xian-Xiu Ge4Lin Miao5The Second People's Hospital of Huai’an, Huai’an, China; Medical Center for Digestive Diseases, Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, ChinaMedical Center for Digestive Diseases, Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, ChinaMedical Center for Digestive Diseases, Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China; Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, ChinaMedical Center for Digestive Diseases, Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China; Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, ChinaMedical Center for Digestive Diseases, Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China; Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, ChinaMedical Center for Digestive Diseases, Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China; Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China; Corresponding author at: Medical Center for Digestive Diseases, Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.Quercetin is a kind of flavonoid compounds that comes from nature and is widely existed in the daily diet. Previous studies have found that quercetin has many effects such as anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidation and anti-cancer. Both in vivo and in vitro experiments have demonstrated that quercetin can exert anti-tumor effects by altering cell cycle progression, inhibiting cell proliferation, promoting apoptosis, inhibiting angiogenesis and metastasis progression, and affecting autophagy. This review summarizes the evidence for the pharmacological potential and inhibition of quercetin on cancers, supporting the viewpoint that quercetin should be adequately considered as a therapeutic agent against various cancers.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332219352266QuercetinCancerInhibitory effect
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author Si-Min Tang
Xue-Ting Deng
Jian Zhou
Quan-Peng Li
Xian-Xiu Ge
Lin Miao
spellingShingle Si-Min Tang
Xue-Ting Deng
Jian Zhou
Quan-Peng Li
Xian-Xiu Ge
Lin Miao
Pharmacological basis and new insights of quercetin action in respect to its anti-cancer effects
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
Quercetin
Cancer
Inhibitory effect
author_facet Si-Min Tang
Xue-Ting Deng
Jian Zhou
Quan-Peng Li
Xian-Xiu Ge
Lin Miao
author_sort Si-Min Tang
title Pharmacological basis and new insights of quercetin action in respect to its anti-cancer effects
title_short Pharmacological basis and new insights of quercetin action in respect to its anti-cancer effects
title_full Pharmacological basis and new insights of quercetin action in respect to its anti-cancer effects
title_fullStr Pharmacological basis and new insights of quercetin action in respect to its anti-cancer effects
title_full_unstemmed Pharmacological basis and new insights of quercetin action in respect to its anti-cancer effects
title_sort pharmacological basis and new insights of quercetin action in respect to its anti-cancer effects
publisher Elsevier
series Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
issn 0753-3322
publishDate 2020-01-01
description Quercetin is a kind of flavonoid compounds that comes from nature and is widely existed in the daily diet. Previous studies have found that quercetin has many effects such as anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidation and anti-cancer. Both in vivo and in vitro experiments have demonstrated that quercetin can exert anti-tumor effects by altering cell cycle progression, inhibiting cell proliferation, promoting apoptosis, inhibiting angiogenesis and metastasis progression, and affecting autophagy. This review summarizes the evidence for the pharmacological potential and inhibition of quercetin on cancers, supporting the viewpoint that quercetin should be adequately considered as a therapeutic agent against various cancers.
topic Quercetin
Cancer
Inhibitory effect
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332219352266
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