ziziphus nummularia/breast neoplasms

BACKGROUND Ziziphus extracts have been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for the treatment of cancer. OBJECTIVE In the present study we have investigated the effects of Ziziphus jujube extracts (ZEs) on breast cancer. METHODS We evaluated the effects of increasing concentrations of ZEs on ERα

This study was designed to evaluate the anticancer activity of Ziziphus mauritiana roots. The dichloromethane and methanol extracts were prepared and anticancer activity was investigated the by using MTT assay. Human breast cancer cell line (MCF-7) was used in this study. 50μg/ml of dichloromethane

The failure of chemotherapy especially in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients has been correlated with the overexpression of the mesenchymal-epithelial transition factor (c-Met) receptor. Thus, the hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)/c-Met signaling axis has gained considerable attention as a

OBJECTIVE Ziziphus Jujube (Jujube) plant has exhibited numerous medicinal and pharmacological properties including antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. This study was carried out to investigate its anti-cancer and pro-apoptotic abilities in human cervical and breast cancer cells in

Betulinic acid (BA), a natural pentacyclic triterpenoid, was isolated from sour jujube fruits for the first time. An inclusion complex comprising BA and β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) was formed to improve the dissolution of BA, but little is known about its anticancer effect. In this study, the

Extensive research over the past several decades has identified numerous dietary and phytochemical compounds that have chemopreventive potential and could represent an important source of anti-cancer lead molecules. In this scenario several nutritional factors have attracted considerable attention

BACKGROUND Herbal medicine has becoming a potential source of treatment for different types of cancer including breast cancer. It has been shown that plants from the family Rhamnaceae possess anticancer activity. OBJECTIVE In this study, we determined the antiproliferative influence of Ziziphus