Molecular Targets of Botanicals Used for Chemoprevention
Muriel Cuendet, Andreas Nievergelt, John Michael Pezzuto · Oxford University Press eBooks · 2014
Chapter 3 discusses molecular targets of botanicals used for chemoprevention, including how the treatment of many diseases (including cancer) is dependent on natural products, chemoprevention (the use of synthetic or natural agents to inhibit, retard, or reverse carcinogenesis, or prevent the development of invasive cancer), beneficial phytochemicals, how extracts of plant or marine organisms can be evaluated for potential chemopreventive activity, the cancer chemopreventive activities of Grapes, turmeric, ginger, soya, liquorice, citrus, cruciferous vegetables, green tea, Allium vegetables, and tomatoes, and that only a few compounds have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use as chemopreventive agents.