Volume 32, Issue 8 pp. 1425-1449
REVIEW

Phytotherapeutics in cancer invasion and metastasis

Bahare Salehi

Bahare Salehi

Medical Ethics and Law Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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Paolo Zucca

Paolo Zucca

Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

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Mehdi Sharifi-Rad

Corresponding Author

Mehdi Sharifi-Rad

Department of Medical Parasitology, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, 61663-335 Iran

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Mehdi Sharifi-Rad, Department of Medical Parasitology, Zabol University Of Medical Sciences, Zabol 61663-335, Iran.

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Raffaele Pezzani, OU Endocrinology, Dept. Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, via Ospedale 105, Padova 35128, Italy.

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Marcello Iriti, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Milan State University, Milan, Italy.

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Javad Sharifi-Rad, Phytochemistry Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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Raffaele Pezzani

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Raffaele Pezzani

OU Endocrinology, Dept. Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, via Ospedale 105, Padova, 35128 Italy

AIROB, Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca Oncologica di Base, Padova, Italy

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Mehdi Sharifi-Rad, Department of Medical Parasitology, Zabol University Of Medical Sciences, Zabol 61663-335, Iran.

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Raffaele Pezzani, OU Endocrinology, Dept. Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, via Ospedale 105, Padova 35128, Italy.

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Marcello Iriti, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Milan State University, Milan, Italy.

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Javad Sharifi-Rad, Phytochemistry Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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Sadegh Rajabi

Sadegh Rajabi

Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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William N. Setzer

William N. Setzer

Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, 35899 USA

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Elena Maria Varoni

Elena Maria Varoni

Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, Milan State University, Milan, Italy

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Marcello Iriti

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Marcello Iriti

Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Milan State University, Milan, Italy

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Mehdi Sharifi-Rad, Department of Medical Parasitology, Zabol University Of Medical Sciences, Zabol 61663-335, Iran.

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Raffaele Pezzani, OU Endocrinology, Dept. Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, via Ospedale 105, Padova 35128, Italy.

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Marcello Iriti, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Milan State University, Milan, Italy.

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Javad Sharifi-Rad, Phytochemistry Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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Farzad Kobarfard

Farzad Kobarfard

Phytochemistry Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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Javad Sharifi-Rad

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Javad Sharifi-Rad

Phytochemistry Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Department of Chemistry, Richardson College for the Environmental Science Complex, The University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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Mehdi Sharifi-Rad, Department of Medical Parasitology, Zabol University Of Medical Sciences, Zabol 61663-335, Iran.

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Raffaele Pezzani, OU Endocrinology, Dept. Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, via Ospedale 105, Padova 35128, Italy.

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Marcello Iriti, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Milan State University, Milan, Italy.

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Javad Sharifi-Rad, Phytochemistry Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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First published: 19 April 2018
Citations: 92

Abstract

Cancer is a multifactorial disease, and therefore, a multitarget approach is needed to face the complex cancer biology, based on the combined use of different natural and synthetic anticancer agents able to target synergistically multiple signaling pathways involved in carcinogenesis, including angiogenesis and metastasis. In this view, the plant kingdom represents an unlimited source of phytotherapeutics with promising perspectives in the field of anticancer drug discovery. This narrative review aims to provide an updated overview on the bioactive phytochemicals exhibiting a promising potential as adjuvants in conventional anticancer therapies, with emphasis on antiangiogenic and antimetastatic activities.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

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