Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Neoplastic Actions of Resveratrol

Authors: Ferrero, Elisabetta; Fulgenzi, Alessandro; Ferrero, Maria E.

Source: Current Nutrition & Food Science, Volume 1, Number 3, November 2005 , pp. 189-199(11)

Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers

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Abstract:

A close relationship exists between inflammation and cancer. It is suggested that resveratrol exerts its antiinflammatory and anti-neoplastic actions by modulating the expression genes and second messengers concerned with inflammation and neoplastic processes.

Keywords: inflammation; tumor; nf-kb; phytochemicals; resveratrol; cytochemokines

Document Type: Review article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157340105774574820

Affiliations: 1: Istituto di Patologia Generale, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Facolta di Medicina e Chirurgia, Via Mangiagalli, 31 20133 Milano, Italy

Publication date: 2005-11-01

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