The anticancer effects of lycopene involve modulation of pathways that slow tumor growth and inhibit tumor progression. This article aims to evaluate the benefits of lycopene supplementation in the prevention and treatment of cancer based on the results of scientific studies.
The potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory action of apigenin are an important reason for its probable preventive effects and treatment against cancer. apigenin can inhibit cell proliferation and induce apoptosis or programmed cell death in cancer cells. n doing so, apigenin can effectively inhibit tumor growth and progression.
In recent years, clinical trials and observational studies on the benefits of metformin on different types of cancer have proliferated. In 2023, 71 scientific articles have been published on the use of metformin in the treatment of cancer. Glucose is the main source of energy for tumor cells, moreover, they need large amounts of glucose to cover their rapid growth.
Quercetin is a type of flavonoid compound that comes from nature and is widely found in our diet. Quercetin can exert antitumor effects by altering cell cycle progression, inhibiting cell proliferation, stimulating apoptosis or cell death, inhibiting the progression of angiogenesis or formation of new blood vessels that feed the tumor and metastases.
Curcumin has shown antitumor effects in breast cancer. HER2 positive. It can induce cell death in breast cancer cells by inducing changes in the cell membrane potential. Cancer stem cells are one of the main causes of cancer recurrence after treatment. Curcumin has shown its ability to kill cancer stem cells, in addition to increasing the effectiveness of chemotherapy.
Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States, has shown that acupuncture treatment enabled chemotherapy-treated patients with symptoms of peripheral neuropathy to complete their chemotherapy cycles without progression of the neuropathy. Hammersmith Hospital in London has shown that Chinese herbal formulas used in the treatment of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy improve the speed of sensory nerve conductivity.
The green tea contains large amounts of the catechin: epigallocatechin gallate or EGCG. There are several mechanisms involved in the therapeutic action of EGCG in cancer. Green tea EGCG has pro-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, cell cycle modulating, angiogenesis inhibitory properties and induces apoptosis or cell death.