Zerumbone: a potent emerging phytochemical with anticancer therapeutic potential

Breast cancer is a prevalent cause of global mortality, characterised by abnormal cell growth within the breast. These cells can spread to distant sites in the body through metastasis and one of the mechanisms that breast cancer cells use to metastasise is via invadopodia formation. Accumulated evid...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Jamil, Nur Aqilah Huda, Hoongli, Sylvia Chong, Abdullah, Nurul Akmaryanti, Mohamad Zakuan, Noraina, Abdul Hamid, Hafizah, Mehat, Muhammad Zulfadli, Cheema, Manraj Singh, Md Hashim, Nur Fariesha
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM Press) 2023
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author Ahmad Jamil, Nur Aqilah Huda
Hoongli, Sylvia Chong
Abdullah, Nurul Akmaryanti
Mohamad Zakuan, Noraina
Abdul Hamid, Hafizah
Mehat, Muhammad Zulfadli
Cheema, Manraj Singh
Md Hashim, Nur Fariesha
author_facet Ahmad Jamil, Nur Aqilah Huda
Hoongli, Sylvia Chong
Abdullah, Nurul Akmaryanti
Mohamad Zakuan, Noraina
Abdul Hamid, Hafizah
Mehat, Muhammad Zulfadli
Cheema, Manraj Singh
Md Hashim, Nur Fariesha
author_sort Ahmad Jamil, Nur Aqilah Huda
building UPM Institutional Repository
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description Breast cancer is a prevalent cause of global mortality, characterised by abnormal cell growth within the breast. These cells can spread to distant sites in the body through metastasis and one of the mechanisms that breast cancer cells use to metastasise is via invadopodia formation. Accumulated evidences have explained pathways that may contribute to the breast cancer cells metastasis including the ERK, SMAD-3, STAT3 and NF-ºB pathways. The hypoxic conditions within tumours enhance their metastatic ability through HIF-1± upregulation. Despite advanced treatments including chemotherapy and radiotherapy, these approaches are expensive and sometimes lack efficacy. Zerumbone, a compound extracted from Zingiber zerumbet, is known for its anti-cancer properties. It counteracts cancer cell metastasis by reducing cell migration, invasion and proliferation by acting upon multiple signalling pathways. This review recapitulates the metastasis of breast cancer and its biomarkers. In addition, our review also will explore the impact of zerumbone, therapeutic roles and its mechanism of action in reducing breast cancer metastasis.
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spelling upm-1085272025-05-14T08:35:53Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/108527/ Zerumbone: a potent emerging phytochemical with anticancer therapeutic potential Ahmad Jamil, Nur Aqilah Huda Hoongli, Sylvia Chong Abdullah, Nurul Akmaryanti Mohamad Zakuan, Noraina Abdul Hamid, Hafizah Mehat, Muhammad Zulfadli Cheema, Manraj Singh Md Hashim, Nur Fariesha Breast cancer is a prevalent cause of global mortality, characterised by abnormal cell growth within the breast. These cells can spread to distant sites in the body through metastasis and one of the mechanisms that breast cancer cells use to metastasise is via invadopodia formation. Accumulated evidences have explained pathways that may contribute to the breast cancer cells metastasis including the ERK, SMAD-3, STAT3 and NF-ºB pathways. The hypoxic conditions within tumours enhance their metastatic ability through HIF-1± upregulation. Despite advanced treatments including chemotherapy and radiotherapy, these approaches are expensive and sometimes lack efficacy. Zerumbone, a compound extracted from Zingiber zerumbet, is known for its anti-cancer properties. It counteracts cancer cell metastasis by reducing cell migration, invasion and proliferation by acting upon multiple signalling pathways. This review recapitulates the metastasis of breast cancer and its biomarkers. In addition, our review also will explore the impact of zerumbone, therapeutic roles and its mechanism of action in reducing breast cancer metastasis. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM Press) 2023 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/108527/1/108527.pdf Ahmad Jamil, Nur Aqilah Huda and Hoongli, Sylvia Chong and Abdullah, Nurul Akmaryanti and Mohamad Zakuan, Noraina and Abdul Hamid, Hafizah and Mehat, Muhammad Zulfadli and Cheema, Manraj Singh and Md Hashim, Nur Fariesha (2023) Zerumbone: a potent emerging phytochemical with anticancer therapeutic potential. Sains Malaysiana, 52 (12). pp. 3511-3522. ISSN 0126-6039; eISSN: 2735-0118 https://www.ukm.my/jsm/pdf_files/SM-PDF-52-12-2023/13.pdf 10.17576/jsm-2023-5212-13
spellingShingle Ahmad Jamil, Nur Aqilah Huda
Hoongli, Sylvia Chong
Abdullah, Nurul Akmaryanti
Mohamad Zakuan, Noraina
Abdul Hamid, Hafizah
Mehat, Muhammad Zulfadli
Cheema, Manraj Singh
Md Hashim, Nur Fariesha
Zerumbone: a potent emerging phytochemical with anticancer therapeutic potential
title Zerumbone: a potent emerging phytochemical with anticancer therapeutic potential
title_full Zerumbone: a potent emerging phytochemical with anticancer therapeutic potential
title_fullStr Zerumbone: a potent emerging phytochemical with anticancer therapeutic potential
title_full_unstemmed Zerumbone: a potent emerging phytochemical with anticancer therapeutic potential
title_short Zerumbone: a potent emerging phytochemical with anticancer therapeutic potential
title_sort zerumbone: a potent emerging phytochemical with anticancer therapeutic potential
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