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ReviewNutrients2021

Natural Bioactive Compounds Targeting Epigenetic Pathways in Cancer: A Review on Alkaloids, Terpenoids, Quinones, and Isothiocyanates.

Nasreddine El Omari, Saad Bakrim, Mohamed Bakha, José M Lorenzo, Maksim Rebezov, Mohammad Ali Shariati, Sara Aboulaghras, Abdelaali Balahbib, Mars Khayrullin, Abdelhakim Bouyahya

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In one paragraph

Review in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
42citing papers in PubMed
8.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Nasreddine El OmariLaboratory of Histology, Embryology, and Cytogenetic, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat P.O. Box 1014, Morocco.
Saad BakrimMolecular Engineering, Valorization and Environment Team, Polydisciplinary Faculty of Taroudant, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir 80000, Morocco.ORCID 0000-0002-4521-3515
Mohamed BakhaBiotechnology and Applied Microbiology Team, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan 93002, Morocco.
José M LorenzoCentro Tecnológico de la Carne de Galicia, Rúa Galicia No. 4, Parque Tecnológico de Galicia, San Cibrao das Viñas, 32900 Ourense, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7725-9294
Maksim RebezovV. M. Gorbatov Federal Research Center for Food Systems of Russian Academy of Sciences, 26 Talalikhina St., 109316 Moscow, Russia.ORCID 0000-0003-0857-5143
Mohammad Ali ShariatiDepartment of Scientific Research, School of Agricultural Sciences, Liaocheng University, 34 Wenhua Road, Liaocheng 252000, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9376-5771
Sara AboulaghrasPhysiology and Physiopathology Team, Department of Biology, Mohammed V University, Rabat P.O. Box 1014, Morocco.
Abdelaali BalahbibLaboratory of Biodiversity, Ecology, and Genome, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University, Rabat P.O. Box 1014, Morocco.ORCID 0000-0002-9024-4898
Mars KhayrullinDepartment of Scientific Research, K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (The First Cossack University), 73, Zemlyanoy Val St., 109004 Moscow, Russia.
Abdelhakim BouyahyaLaboratory of Human Pathologies Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences and Genomic Center of Human Pathologies, Mohammed V University, Rabat P.O. Box 1014, Morocco.ORCID 0000-0001-9317-1631
Mohammed V University · MAAbdelmalek Essaâdi University · MALiaocheng University · CNMoscow State University of Technologies and Management named after K.G. Razumovskiy · RURussian Academy of Sciences · RUUniversidade de Vigo · ESUniversité Ibn Zohr · MA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer is one of the most complex and systemic diseases affecting the health of mankind, causing major deaths with a significant increase. This pathology is caused by several risk factors, of which genetic disturbances constitute the major elements, which not only initiate tumor transformation but also epigenetic disturbances which are linked to it and which can induce transcriptional instability. Indeed, the involvement of epigenetic disturbances in cancer has been the subject of correlations today, in addition to the use of drugs that operate specifically on different epigenetic pathways. Natural molecules, especially those isolated from medicinal plants, have shown anticancer effects linked to mechanisms of action. The objective of this review is to explore the anticancer effects of alkaloids, terpenoids, quinones, and isothiocyanates.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticAlkaloidsBiological ProductsHumansIsothiocyanatesNeoplasmsQuinonesTerpenesAlkaloidsBiological ProductsIsothiocyanatesQuinonesTerpenescancerDNMTepidrugsepigeneticnatural compounds

Identifiers

PMID34835969
PMCPMC8621755
OpenAlexW3208390647

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