Title:Xanthohumol: A Metabolite with Promising Anti-Neoplastic Potential
Volume: 22
Issue: 3
Author(s): Hardeep S. Tuli*, Vaishali Aggarwal, Gaurav Parashar, Diwakar Aggarwal, Nidarshana C. Parashar, Muobarak J. Tuorkey, Mehmet Varol, Katrin Sak, Manoj Kumar and Harpal S. Buttar
Affiliation:
- Department of Biotechnology, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana-Ambala – 133 207, Haryana, India
Keywords:
Xanthohumol, apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, anti-angiogenesis, anti-metastasis, antiinflammation.
Abstract: The overwhelming global burden of cancer has posed numerous challenges and opportunities for developing
anti-cancer therapies. Phytochemicals have emerged as promising synergistic compounds with potential
anti-cancer effects to supplement chemo- and immune-therapeutic regimens. Anti cancer synergistic effects
have been investigated in the interaction between phytocompounds derived from flavonoids such as quercetin,
apigenin, kaempferol, hesperidin, emodin, etc., and conventional drugs. Xanthohumol is one of the prenylated
phytoflavonoid that has demonstrated key anti-cancer activities in in vitro (anti proliferation of cancer cell lines)
and in vivo (animal models of xenograft tumours) studies, and has been explored from different dimensions
for targeting cancer subtypes. In the last decade, xanthohumol has been investigated how it induces the anti-
cancer effects at cellular and molecular levels. The different signalling cascades and targets of xanthohumol
are summarized in this review. Overall, this review summarizes the current advances made in the field of natural
compounds with special reference to xanthohumol and its promising anti-cancer effects to inhibit tumour
progression. The present review has also discussedthe potential of xanthohumol transitioning into a leadingcandidate
from nano-therapy viewpoint along with the challenges which need to be addressed for extensive preclinical
and clinical anti-cancer studies.