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Flavonoids: A Myth or a Reality for Cancer Therapy?

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Forni, Cinzia, Rossi, Massimiliano, Borromeo, Ilaria, Feriotto, Giordana, Platamone, Giovambattista, Tabolacci, Claudio, Mischiati, Carlo, Beninati, Simone·2021·Molecules

Abstract

Nutraceuticals are biologically active molecules present in foods; they can have beneficial effects on health, but they are not available in large enough quantities to perform this function. Plant metabolites, such as polyphenols, are widely diffused in the plant kingdom, where they play fundamental roles in plant development and interactions with the environment. Among these, flavonoids are of particular interest as they have significant effects on human health. In vitro and/or in vivo studies described flavonoids as essential nutrients for preventing several diseases. They display broad and promising bioactivities to fight cancer, inflammation, bacterial infections, as well as to reduce the severity of neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases or diabetes. Therefore, it is not surprising that interest in flavonoids has sharply increased in recent years. More than 23,000 scientific publications on flavonoids have described the potential anticancer activity of these natural molecules in the last decade. Studies, in vitro and in vivo, show that flavonoids exhibit anticancer properties, and many epidemiological studies confirm that dietary intake of flavonoids leads to a reduced risk of cancer. This review provides a glimpse of the mechanisms of action of flavonoids on cancer cells.

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  • Mindfulness training teaches individuals to disengage from automatic processing and redirect attention to present-moment goals such as breathing or sensation, preparing conditions for change.

    “زض تثییي یافتِّای ایي هغالقِ هی تَاى گفت وِ آهَظـ شّي آگاّی تِ افطاز یاز هی زّس وِ چگًَِ هْاضت ّای فازتی ٍ غیط اًقغاف پصیط ضا اظ حالت تهلة ذاضد ٍ تا رْت زازى هٌاتـ پطزاظـ اعلافات تِ عطف اّساف ذٌخی تَرِ، هاًٌس تٌفؽ یا حؽ لحؾِ، قطایظ ضا تطای تغییط آهازُ وٌٌس.”

    From Effectiveness of Mindfulness Training in Emotion Regulation and Distress Tolerance among Breast Cancer Patients (2024) · cites this paper as [57]

    Section 2.7 discusses flavonoids and sensitivity to chemotherapy, while section 2.6 discusses cancer-cell differentiation; neither addresses mindfulness training. Searches for mindfulness, breathing, present-moment attention, and disengagement from automatic processing found no relevant passage in our copy. Page numbers were not available. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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  1. Middleton, 1984, The flavonoids, Trends Pharmacol. Sci., 5, 335

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Authors
Forni, C., Rossi, M., Borromeo, I., Feriotto, G., Platamone, G., Tabolacci, C., Mischiati, C., & Beninati, S.
Affiliations
  • University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT)
  • University of Ferrara (IT)
  • Istituto Superiore di Sanità (IT)
Corresponding author
Forni, Cinzia
Venue
Molecules
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2021-06-11
Volume
26
Issue
12
Pages
3583
ISSN
1420-3049 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3169797282
Cited by
79
References
120
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 3
FWCI
1.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Molecules (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Institutional Research Information System University of Ferrara (University of Ferrara) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Fondazione Umberto Veronesi
  • Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Biochemistry › Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Flavonoids in Medical Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Synthesis of Organic Compounds
Keywords
flavonoids, anticancer activity, cancer therapy, polyphenols, plant metabolites, mechanism of action, dietary flavonoids, cancer prevention, inflammation, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus
MeSH terms
Animals, Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic, Antioxidants, Flavonoids, Humans, Inflammation, Neoplasms

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