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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2023

Phytocompounds targeting epigenetic modulations: an assessment in cancer.

Aqsa Khan, Asifa Khan, Mohammad Aasif Khan, Zoya Malik, Sheersh Massey, Rabea Parveen, Saad Mustafa, Anas Shamsi, Syed A Husain

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
6.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Therapeutic Potential of Plant Phenolic Acids Combating Cancer Drug Resistance.Recent advances in food, nutrition & agriculture · 2026
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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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Aqsa Khan *Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi, India.
Asifa Khan *Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi, India.
Mohammad Aasif KhanDepartment of Bioscience, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi, India.
Zoya MalikDepartment of Bioscience, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi, India.
Sheersh MasseyDepartment of Bioscience, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi, India.
Rabea ParveenDepartment of Bioscience, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi, India.
Saad MustafaDepartment of Bioscience, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi, India.
Anas ShamsiCenter for Medical and Bio-Allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
Syed A HusainDepartment of Bioscience, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi, India.
Jamia Millia Islamia · INAjman University · AEThe University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For centuries, plants have been serving as sources of potential therapeutic agents. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in investigating the effects of plant-derived compounds on epigenetic processes, a novel and captivating Frontier in the field of epigenetics research. Epigenetic changes encompass modifications to DNA, histones, and microRNAs that can influence gene expression. Aberrant epigenetic changes can perturb key cellular processes, including cell cycle control, intercellular communication, DNA repair, inflammation, stress response, and apoptosis. Such disruptions can contribute to cancer development by altering the expression of genes involved in tumorigenesis. However, these modifications are reversible, offering a unique avenue for therapeutic intervention. Plant secondary compounds, including terpenes, phenolics, terpenoids, and sulfur-containing compounds are widely found in grains, vegetables, spices, fruits, and medicinal plants. Numerous plant-derived compounds have demonstrated the potential to target these abnormal epigenetic modifications, including apigenin (histone acetylation), berberine (DNA methylation), curcumin (histone acetylation and epi-miRs), genistein (histone acetylation and DNA methylation), lycopene (epi-miRs), quercetin (DNA methylation and epi-miRs),

Indexed as

bioactive compoundscancercancer epigeneticscancer preventionDNMTsHDACsmiRNAsphytocompounds

Identifiers

PMID38596245
PMCPMC11002180
OpenAlexW4393197206

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