Kumar Manish, Gupta Sakshi, Kalia Kamini, Kumar Dharmendra
Department of Pharmacy, IEC College of Eng & Tech. Gautam Buddha Nagar, India.
ABESIT College of Pharmacy, Ghaziabad, India.
Recent Adv Food Nutr Agric. 2024;15(2):115-137. doi: 10.2174/012772574X274566231220051254.
Over the years, natural compounds have become a significant advancement in cancer treatment, primarily due to their effectiveness, safety, bio-functionality, and wide range of molecular structures. They are now increasingly preferred in drug discovery due to these attributes. These compounds, whether occurring naturally or with synthetic modifications, find applications in various fields like biology, medicine, and engineering. While chemotherapy has been a successful method for treating cancer, it comes with systemic toxicity. To address this issue, researchers and medical practitioners are exploring the concept of combinational chemotherapy. This approach aims to reduce toxicity by using a mix of natural substances and their derivatives in clinical trials and prescription medications. Among the most extensively studied natural anticancer compounds are quercetin, curcumin, vincristine, and vinblastine. These compounds play crucial roles as immunotherapeutics and chemosensitizers, both as standalone treatments and in combination therapies with specific mechanisms. This review article provides a concise overview of the functions, potentials, and combinations of natural anticancer compounds in cancer treatment, along with their mechanisms of action and clinical applications.
多年来,天然化合物已成为癌症治疗领域的一项重大进展,这主要归功于它们的有效性、安全性、生物功能性以及广泛的分子结构。由于这些特性,它们如今在药物研发中越来越受到青睐。这些化合物,无论是天然存在的还是经过合成修饰的,都在生物学、医学和工程学等各个领域得到应用。虽然化疗一直是治疗癌症的一种成功方法,但它存在全身毒性。为了解决这个问题,研究人员和医学从业者正在探索联合化疗的概念。这种方法旨在通过在临床试验和处方药中使用天然物质及其衍生物的混合物来降低毒性。研究最为广泛的天然抗癌化合物包括槲皮素、姜黄素、长春新碱和长春花碱。这些化合物作为免疫疗法和化学增敏剂发挥着关键作用,既可以作为单独的治疗方法,也可以与具有特定机制的联合疗法配合使用。这篇综述文章简要概述了天然抗癌化合物在癌症治疗中的功能、潜力和联合应用,以及它们的作用机制和临床应用。