Anti-tumor-promoting activities of selected pungent phenolic substances present in ginger.
Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe, Zingiberaceae) has been widely used as a dietary spice, as well as in traditional oriental medicine. The rhizome of ginger contains pungent vanillyl ketones, including [6]-gingerol and [6]-paradol, and has been reported to possess a strong anti-inflammatory activity. These pungent substances have a vanilloid structure found in other chemopreventive phytochemicals, including curcumin. In our study, we found anti-tumor-promoting properties of [6]-gingerol and [6]-paradol. Thus, topical application of [6]-gingerol or [6]-paradol 30 min prior to 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) attenuated the skin papillomagenesis initiated by 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene in female ICR mice. These substances also significantly inhibited the tumor-promoter-stimulated inflammation, TNF-alpha production, and activation of epidermal ornithine decarboxylase in mice. In another study, [6]-gingerol and [6]-paradol suppressed the superoxide production stimulated by TPA in differentiated HL-60 cells. Taken together, these findings suggest that pungent vanilloids found in ginger possess potential chemopreventive activities.
College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
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D000818:Animals; D016588:Anticarcinogenic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000633:toxicity; D002396:Catechols; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005233:Fatty Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D020939:Zingiber officinale / Q000737:chemistry*; D006139:Guaiacol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018922:HL-60 Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007659:Ketones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D009955:Ornithine Decarboxylase / Q000378:metabolism; D010212:Papilloma / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012867:Skin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism
D016588:Anticarcinogenic Agents; D002273:Carcinogens; D002396:Catechols; D005233:Fatty Alcohols; D007659:Ketones; D010936:Plant Extracts; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D013481:Superoxides; D006139:Guaiacol; C007845:gingerol; C421614:6-paradol; D009955:Ornithine Decarboxylase; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate