Resveratrol as an anti-cancer agent: A review. Issue 9 (13th June 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rauf, Abdur; Imran, Muhammad; Butt, Masood Sadiq; Nadeem, Muhammad; Peters, Dennis G.; Mubarak, Mohammad S.
• Is Part Of: Critical reviews in food science and nutrition. Volume 58:Issue 9(2018)
• Page Start: 1428
• Page End: 1447
• Publication Date: 2018-06-13
• Subjects: Resveratrol -- chemopreventive agent -- human cancers; Food industry and trade -- Periodicals; Nutrition -- Periodicals; Nutrition -- Periodicals; Food -- Periodicals; Diet -- Periodicals; Review Literature -- Periodicals; Nutrition; Food; Diet; Review Literature; 664
• DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2016.1263597
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1040-8398

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Owing to their antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory activity, grapes ( Vitis vinifera L.) are the archetypal paradigms of fruits used not only for nutritional purposes, but also for exclusive therapeutics. Grapes are a prominent and promising source of phytochemicals, especially resveratrol, a phytoalexin antioxidant found in red grapes which has both chemopreventive and therapeutic effects against various ailments. Resveratrol's role in reducing different human cancers, including breast, cervical, uterine, blood, kidney, liver, eye, bladder, thyroid, esophageal, prostate, brain, lung, skin, gastric, colon, head and neck, bone, ovarian, and cervical, has been reviewed. This review covers the literature that deals with the anti-cancer mechanism of resveratrol with special reference to antioxidant potential. Furthermore, this article summarizes the literature pertaining to resveratrol as an anti-cancer agent.