• Thousands of phytochemicals exist which can be classified in different families; • The major action of phytochemicals in plants is protection against reactive oxidative species and insects; • A couple of experimental and epidemiological studies show data that some phytochemicals may exert beneficial effects in humans against cancer, coronary heart disease and neurodegenerative diseases; • The...

objectives: wound is defined simply as the disruption of the biochemical, cellular, and anatomic continuity of a tissue. plants and their extracts known as phytomedicine have immense potential for the management and treatment of wounds. materials and methods: due to the undesirable side effects, in the control and treatment of the wound infections, it is recommended to use natural materials suc...

ba ckground: liver cancer is one of the deadly cancers with high prevalence in the east asia. likewise most of diseases, herbs and herbal medicine could be an easy and cost effective tool in prevention and possible cancer treatment. the present study investigated the ability of orthosiphon stamineus benth decoction to protect liver against hepatocellular carcinoma in carcinogenesis-induced anim...

A wide variety of phytochemicals present in our diet, including fruits, vegetables, and spices, have been shown to possess a broad range of health-beneficial properties. The cytoprotective and restorative effects of dietary phytochemicals are likely to result from the modulation of several distinct cellular signal transduction pathways. Many dietary phytochemicals that are synthesized as second...

It is universally accepted that diets rich in fruit and vegetables lead to reduction in the risk of common forms of cancer and are useful in cancer prevention. Indeed edible vegetables and fruits contain a wide variety of phytochemicals with proven antioxidant, anti-carcinogenic, and chemopreventive activity; moreover, some of these phytochemicals also display direct antiproliferative activity ...

Naturally occurring dietary phytochemicals have been recognized as possessing many health-promoting effects. Recent studies suggest that inflammation is closely related to chronic disease, including cancer, atherosclerosis, neurodegeneration, obesity, diabetes, asthma, articular rheumatism, and skin-aging. Extracellular stimuli transmit signals into a cell by activating the target kinases invol...

Rheumatoid Arthritis is the most common, chronic autoimmune disease with no known cure, and a priority for biological research in the twenty first century. The limitations in the efficacy and safety of current treatment strategies are driving the need for new, safe and effective medications. Recent experimental findings focus on the potential of neutraceuticals for the management of rheumatoid ...

Plant-based polyphenols (i.e., phytochemicals) have been used as treatments for human ailments for centuries. The mechanisms of action of these plant-derived compounds are now a major area of investigation. Thousands of phytochemicals have been isolated, and a large number of them have shown protective activities or effects in different disease models. Using conventional approaches to select th...

Phytochemicals are plant-derived secondary metabolites, which may exert many biological activities in humans, including anticancer properties. Although recent findings appear to support their role in cancer prevention and treatment, this issue is still controversial. Anti-cancer activity of phytochemicals mainly depends on their multi-target mechanism of action, including antimutagenic, antioxi...

Dengue virus NS2/NS3 protease because of its ability to cleave viral proteins is considered as an attractive target to screen antiviral agents. Medicinal plants contain a variety of phytochemicals that can be used as drug against different diseases and infections. Therefore, this study was designed to uncover possible phytochemical of different classes (Aromatic, Carbohydrates, Lignin, Saponins...