Bioactive Molecules from Food or Other Natural Sources against Cancer

Dear Colleagues,

Cancer is a major health problem with a considerable social impact and high socio-economic costs. The fight against cancer is realized by developing innovative drugs and novel therapeutic strategies aimed to cure the disease and/or to prevent it.

Over the recent decades, natural remedies and, more recently, nutraceuticals have been increasingly employed to treat a large number of degenerative diseases, like cancer. In this context, they can be used to prevent illnesses or as co-adjuvants for synthetic drugs.

Another approach to prevent cancer is following a combination of a healthy life style and diet habits, employing “food as medicines”. Indeed, it has been suggested that high dietary intake of fruits and vegetables could prevent some type of cancer, reducing their incidence. This approach to maintain health status, often achieved by food supplements, functional and fortified foods, has a great impact on population, as suggested by the ever-increasing popularity of these products.

This Special Issue will focus on the role of bioactive molecules from food and other natural sources on cancer prevention and treatment. When dealing with extracts, Authors must include an accurate quali-quantitative chemical composition of them.

The Authors are mainly invited to submit original articles, reviews and meta-analysis.

Prof. Michele Navarra
Prof. Dr. Thomas Efferth
Guest Editors

Dr. Santa Cirmi
Dr. Alessandro Maugeri
Co-Guest Editors

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