Nutraceuticals and Cancer

By Fazlul H. Sarkar

Book Overview

Preface.-1. Global Overview of the Role of Nutraceuticals in Cancer.-2. Cancer Stem Cells: Novel Target Using Dietary Components for Prevention and Treatment.-3. Polyphenols as Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors and Anti-Cancer Agents.-4. Role of Nutraceuticals on Nrf2 and Its Implication in Cancer Prevention.-5. Current Status and Future Prospects of Nutraceuticals in Prostate Cancer.-6. Cellular, Molecular and Biological Insight Into Chemopreventive and Therapeutic Potential Of 3, 3'-Diindolylmethane (Dim).-7. Mechanism of Action of the Anti-Cancer Agent, Triptolide.-8. Nutraceuticals in Human Urinary Bladder Cancer Prevention andTreatment.-9. Exploiting resveratrol for the treatment of cancer.-10. Role of novel nutraceuticals garcinol, plumbagin and mangiferin in the prevention and therapy of human malignancies: mechanisms of anticancer activity.-11. Anthocyanins and Cancer Prevention.-12. Slow but Steady Progress in Cancer Chemoprevention with Phenethyl isothiocyanate: Fulfilled Promises and Translational Challenges.-13. Skin cancer chemoprevention: Current status and future potential.-14. Dietary Phytochemicals and Chemoprevention of Solar Ultraviolet Radiation-Induced Skin Cancer.-15. The Role of Vitamin E Forms in Cancer Prevention and Therapy - Studies in Human Intervention Trials and Animal Models.-16. Augmenting the efficacy of chemo- and radio-therapy by nutraceuticals: Evidence from pre-clinical and clinical trials. Index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9401782857
• ISBN13: 9789401782852
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"