Title:Dietary Phytoactives in the Management of Gastric Cancer - A Mini Review
Volume: 19
Issue: 4
Author(s): Vivek Sharma*, Mahendra Singh Ashawat and Pravin Kumar
Affiliation:
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Laureate Institute of Pharmacy, VPO-Kathog, Jwalamukhi, Kangra, H.P, India
Keywords:
Gastric cancer, phytoconstituents, phytochemicals, bioactives, anti-cancerous, H. pylori, ROS.
Abstract: Gastric cancer is the fourth leading cause of morbidity worldwide and is known to affect
various gastric organs, including the esophagus, intestine, colon, and pancreas. There are variable factors
responsible for the development of gastric tumors, such as environmental factors, EPV, hepatitis
B and C, and other genetic factors. Phytoactives, or secondary metabolites of plants, have a wide
range of biological impacts, including the capacity to prevent cancer in humans. They have this anticancerous
impact because of their multi-target mechanism of action, which also includes antioxidant,
anti-proliferative, cell apoptosis, and anti-mutagenic effects. To epitomize the role of vital dietary phytoactives
as a new approach for treating gastric cancer and explains various mechanisms for their anticancerous
activity. H. pylori-associated gastric tumors are the most common, and Phytoactives such as
curcumin, piperine, walnut oil, tea, and others possess anticancer properties. They have shown anticancer
activity against gastric tumor cell lines via different mechanisms like cell cycle arrest, apoptosis,
inhibition of cell proliferation, adhesion, colonization of cancer cells, inhibition of inflammatory
mediators, tumor cell bioenergetics, up and down-regulation of various gene and protein expression,
and chelation and scavenging of ROS.