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Lifestyle and dietary modifications have contributed much to somatic genetic alteration which has concomitantly led to increase in malignant diseases. Henceforth, plant based and dietary interventions to mitigate and impede oncogenic transformation are in great demand. We investigated the latex sap
Phloem Protein 2 (PP2), highly abundant in the sieve elements of plants, plays a significant role in wound sealing and anti-pathogenic responses. In this study, we report the purification and characterization of a new PP2-type lectin, BGL24 from the phloem exudate of bottle gourd (Lagenaria
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the effects of ethanolic extract of Lagenaria siceraria fruit (ELSF) on fat amassment and serum TNF- α in high-fat diet-induced obese rats.
METHODS
The high fat diet induced obese rats were orally treated with orlistat (50 mg/kg) and ELSF (100, 200, 300 mg/kg/day) to the
OBJECTIVE
To describe a clear and simplified classification system for juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA), and to describe suitable management options.
METHODS
Retrospective medical record review.
METHODS
The clinical and imaging materials of 51 cases of JNA diagnosed at our hospital between
Cancer chemoprevention is a dietary or therapeutic strategy to prevent, suppress, or delay carcinogenesis either at initiation or progression level with nontoxic agents. Use of natural dietary compounds has been a major chemopreventive approach to modulate tumorigenic pathways. In the present study,
In this study, we investigated few dietary cucurbits for anticancer activity by monitoring cytotoxic (MTT and LDH assays), apoptotic (caspase-3 and annexin-V assays), and also their anti-inflammatory effects by IL-8 cytokine assay. Aqua-alcoholic (50:50) whole extracts of cucurbits [Lagenaria
BACKGROUND
The increasing trend of colon cancer in Japan is attributed to changes in dietary habits, that is, increased amounts of fat and decreased amounts of fiber in the diet. The effects of Japanese dietary fiber from Lagenaria scineraria (yugao-melon) on colonic carcinogenesis in mice were