title: Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula Solander ex Ellis) Contains Powerful Compounds that Prevent and Cure Cancer.
abstract: Chemoprevention uses natural or synthetic molecules without toxic effects to prevent and/or block emergence and development of diseases including cancer. Many of these natural molecules modulate mitogenic signals involved in cell survival, apoptosis, cell cycle regulation, angiogenesis, or on processes involved in the development of metastases occur naturally, especially in fruits and vegetables bur also in non-comestible plants. Carnivorous plants including the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula Solander ex Ellis) are much less investigated, but appear to contain a wealth of potent bioactive secondary metabolites. Aim of this review is to give insight into molecular mechanisms triggered by compounds isolated from these interesting plants with either therapeutic or chemopreventive potential.
authors: Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Biology of Cancer (LBMCC), Hôpital Kirchberg , Luxembourg , Luxembourg.
authors: François
authors: F
authors: Gaascht
authors: Mario
authors: M
authors: Dicato
authors: Marc
authors: M
authors: Diederich
keywords: Dionaea; chemoprevention; natural compound; therapy
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