Cited by 258Flavonoids in Medical ResearchPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesBioactive natural compounds

Antiproliferative and palliative activity of flavonoids in colorectal cancer

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Fernández, Javier, Silván, Blanca, Entrialgo-Cadierno, Rodrigo, Villar, Claudio J., Capasso, Raffaele, Uranga, José Antonio, Lombó, Felipe, Abalo, Raquel·2021·Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy

Abstract

Flavonoids are plant bioactive compounds of great interest in nutrition and pharmacology, due to their remarkable properties as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antifungal and antitumor drugs. More than 5000 different flavonoids exist in nature, with a huge structural diversity and a plethora of interesting pharmacological properties. In this work, five flavonoids were tested for their potential use as antitumor drugs against three CRC cell lines (HCT116, HT-29 and T84). These cell lines represent three different stages of this tumor, one of which is metastatic. Xanthohumol showed the best antitumor activity on the three cancer cell lines, even better than that of the clinical drug 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), although no synergistic effect was observed in the combination therapy with this drug. On the other hand, apigenin and luteolin displayed slightly lower antitumor activities on these cancer cell lines but showed a synergistic effect in combination with 5-FU in the case of HTC116, which is of potential clinical interest. Furthermore, a literature review highlighted that these flavonoids show very interesting palliative effects on clinical symptoms such as diarrhea, mucositis, neuropathic pain and others often associated with the chemotherapy treatment of CRC. Flavonoids could provide a double effect for the combination treatment, potentiating the antitumor effect of 5-FU, and simultaneously, preventing important side effects of 5-FU chemotherapy.

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Authors
Fernández, J., Silván, B., Entrialgo-Cadierno, R., Villar, C. J., Capasso, R., Uranga, J. A., Lombó, F., & Abalo, R.
Affiliations
  • Universidad de Oviedo (ES)
  • University of Naples Federico II (IT)
  • Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (ES)
  • Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
Corresponding author
  • Capasso, Raffaele
  • Lombó, Felipe
  • Abalo, Raquel
Venue
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-11
Volume
143
Pages
112241
ISSN
0753-3322 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3203761087
Cited by
258
References
97
Citations by year
2026: 15 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 61 · 2023: 74 · 2022: 74 · 2021: 9
FWCI
31.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (submittedVersion)
  • BURJC Digital (King Juan Carlos University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • Hispana (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Illinois School Psychologists Association
  • Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (814650)
  • Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
  • Horizon 2020
  • Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (PID2019-111510RBI00, AGL2017-88095-R)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Flavonoids in Medical Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Biochemistry › Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bioactive natural compounds
Keywords
flavonoids, colorectal cancer, xanthohumol, apigenin, luteolin, 5-fluorouracil, combination chemotherapy, synergistic effect, anticancer activity, chemotherapy side effects, HCT116 cells, HT-29 cells, anticancer agents
MeSH terms
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic, Drug Synergism, Flavonoids, Fluorouracil, Humans, Palliative Care, Propiophenones, Colorectal Neoplasms, HT29 Cells, Flavanones, HCT116 Cells, Apigenin, Luteolin, Cell Proliferation

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