ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Therapeutic Emergence of Rhein as a Potential Anticancer Drug: A Review of Its Molecular Targets and Anticancer Properties.
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- Rhein and its derivatives: potential anti-tumor drugs and corresponding targeted mechanism.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2026Review
- Integrative systems biology and transcriptomic database analysis (GEPIA2 and TNMplot) uncover HRAS-driven anticancer mechanisms of anthraquinones in liver cancer.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Article
- Discovery of anthraquinones as potent Notum inhibitors for treating osteoporosis by integrating biochemical, phytochemical, computational, and experimental assays.Journal of pharmaceutical analysis · 2026Article
- Natural Product Driven Activation of UCP1 and Tumor Metabolic Suppression: Integrating Thermogenic Nutrient Competition with Cancer Metabolic Reprogramming.Biomolecules · 2026Review
- Green-synthesized rhein-selenium nanoparticles exhibit potent and highly selective anticancer activity against colon cancer via apoptosis and gene regulation.Frontiers in chemistry · 2026Article
- Synergistic Interactions of Anthraquinones with Conventional Cancer Therapies.Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening · 2026Review
- Rhein protects against renal aging and fibrotic injury by multiple targets through inhibition of TNF-α-mediated autophagy and necroptosis crosstalk.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- Advances in oral treatment of inflammatory bowel disease using protein-based nanoparticle drug delivery systems.Drug delivery · 2025Review
- Neferine induces cell growth inhibition and apoptosis via ROS-mediated activation of p38 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells.Journal of molecular histology · 2025Article
- Near-Infrared and Sono-Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy of Prostate Cancer Cells Using Phyto-Second Harmonic Generation Nanoconjugates.Polymers · 2025Article
- From Nature to Nanomedicine: Enhancing the Antitumor Efficacy of Rhein, Curcumin, and Resveratrol.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Peptide hydrogel-drug conjugates for tailored disease treatment.Materials today. Bio · 2025Review
- Palindrome-mediated DNA nanotubes with cell-specific aptamers to improve targeted antitumor effects and reduce toxicity on non-small cell lung cancer.Science China. Life sciences · 2025Article
- Platinum(IV) anticancer therapies and cathepsin B: innovative strategies for overcoming resistance in glioblastoma cells.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025Article
- Bibliometric analysis of rhein in the treatment of tumors.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Rhein Alleviates Cisplatin-Induced Acute Kidney Injury via Downregulation of NOX4-COX2/PGFS Signaling Pathway.Drug design, development and therapy · 2025Article
- Rhein: An Updated Review Concerning Its Biological Activity, Pharmacokinetics, Structure Optimization, and Future Pharmaceutical Applications.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Rhein Alleviates Doxorubicin-Induced Myocardial Injury by Inhibiting the p38 MAPK/HSP90/c-Jun/c-Fos Pathway-Mediated Apoptosis.Cardiovascular toxicology · 2024Article
- Oroxylin A suppressed colorectal cancer metastasis by inhibiting the activation of the TGF-β/SMAD signal pathway.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Deciphering the multi-scale mechanism of herbal phytoconstituents in targeting breast cancer: a computational pharmacological perspective.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cancer is the second-highest cause of mortality in the world, and it kills nearly 9.6 million people annually. Besides the fatality of the disease, poor prognosis, cost of conventional therapies, and associated side-effects add more burden to patients, post-diagnosis. Therefore, the search for alternatives for the treatment of cancer that are safe, multi-targeted, effective, and cost-effective has compelled us to go back to ancient systems of medicine. Natural herbs and plant formulations are laden with a variety of phytochemicals. One such compound is rhein, which is an anthraquinone derived from the roots of
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