Natural Product Therapies in Cancer
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pharmacology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 13
Special Issue Editor
Interests: cancer biology and therapy; angiogenesis/anti-angiogenesis; chemoprevention
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Dear Colleagues,
Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide. Despite the advances being made in diagnostic and therapeutic protocols, the cancer treatments currently available often induce high toxicity and/or are associated with several types of adverse events. Thus, finding novel and more efficacious strategies to prevent or treat cancer is strongly encouraged. In this context, because of their low toxicity and ability to target multiple cell signals, specific natural compounds (i.e., phytochemicals such as flavonoids and alkaloids) could play a role in protecting against cancerogenesis and tumor progression.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to highlight the most relevant knowledge about the chemopreventive and antimetastatic properties of natural compounds, as well as their metabolites, drawing attention to their interference with the cellular and molecular events underlying cancer progression.
Dr. Domenica Mangieri
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- natural compounds
- phytochemicals
- flavonoids
- alkaloids
- metastasis
- epithelial–mesenchymal transition
- cancer cell invasion
- cell cycle
- programmed cell death
- signaling pathways
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