The Anti-Oxidant and Antitumor Properties of Plant Polysaccharides

• Published in: The American journal of Chinese medicine (1979) Vol. 44; no. 3; p. 463
• Main Authors: Jiao, Rui, Liu, Yingxia, Gao, Hao, Xiao, Jia, So, Kwok Fai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore 2016
• Subjects: Animals; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic - pharmacology; Antioxidants - pharmacology; Astragalus Plant - chemistry; Cell Survival - drug effects; Disease Models, Animal; Ginkgo biloba - chemistry; Humans; Immunologic Factors; Lycium - chemistry; Neoplasms - etiology; Oxidative Stress - genetics; Panax - chemistry; Phytotherapy; Polysaccharides - isolation & purification; Polysaccharides - pharmacology; Polysaccharides - therapeutic use; Reactive Oxygen Species; Signal Transduction - genetics; Signal Transduction - physiology; Ziziphus - chemistry; Anti-oxidants; Plant Polysaccharides; Review; Signaling Pathway; Antitumor

Oxidative stress has been increasingly recognized as a major contributing factor in a variety of human diseases, from inflammation to cancer. Although certain parts of signaling pathways are still under investigation, detailed molecular mechanisms for the induction of diseases have been elucidated,...