Anticancer activity of botanical compounds in ancient fermented beverages (Review)

• Published in: International journal of oncology Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 5 - 14
• Main Authors: MCGOVERN, P. E, CHRISTOFIDOU-SOLOMIDOU, M, WANG, W, DUKES, F, DAVIDSON, T, EL-DEIRY, W. S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Athens Editorial Academy of the International Journal of Oncology 01.07.2010
• Subjects: Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic - isolation & purification; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic - pharmacology; Archaeology; Beverages - analysis; Biological and medical sciences; China; Drug Discovery - history; Drug Discovery - methods; Egypt, Ancient; Fermentation - physiology; Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen; History of Medicine; History, Ancient; Humans; Medical sciences; Plant Extracts - chemistry; Plant Extracts - pharmacology; Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus; Tumors; Antineoplastic agent; Wine; herbal wine; Lewis lung carcinoma; Carcinoma; Spontaneous; Artemisinin; p53; Alcoholic beverage; Chinese medicine; Colon cancer; Cancerology; TP53 Gene; Folk medicine; Artesunate; Intestinal disease; Tumor suppressor gene; Lung disease; Colon adenocarcinoma; Respiratory disease; Rodentia; Malignant tumor; ancient medicine; Biological activity; Traditional Chinese Medicine; biomolecular archaeology; Colonic disease; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Mouse; isoscopoletin; Digestive diseases; Bibliographic review; HCT116 colon adenocarcinoma; Cancer

Humans around the globe probably discovered natural remedies against disease and cancer by trial and error over the millennia. Biomolecular archaeological analyses of ancient organics, especially plants dissolved or decocted as fermented beverages, have begun to reveal the preliterate histories of t...