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. 2016 Sep;13(3):123–143. doi: 10.2174/1570163813666160802154403

Table 4.

Up-regulation of antioxidant status by C. speciosus active ingredients.

Mechanism Ingredients Cell References
Intracellular thiols depletion Costunolide Human prostate cancer (PC-3) [26]
Human prostate cancer (DU-145)
Human prostate adenocarcinoma (LNCaP)
Up-regulation of 5-LOX Diosgenin Human colon carcinoma (HCT-116) [61]
Human colon adenocarcinoma (HT-29)
Up-regulation of COX-2 Diosgenin Human colon adenocarcinoma (HT-29) [61]
Human colon carcinoma (HCT-116)
Human colon carcinoma (HCT-116) [62]
Human colon adenocarcinoma (HT-29)
ROS generation Costunolide Breast cancer (MDA-MB-231) [27]
Human promyelocytic leukemia (HL-60) [36]
Human bladder carcinoma (T24) [6]
Ovarian cancer (MPSC1) [37]
Human ovarian carcinoma (A2780)
Human ovarian carcinoma (SKOV3)
Diosgenin Human erythromyeloblastoid leukemia (K562) [29]
Lupeol Human prostate adenocarcinoma (LNCaP) [63]
Human epidermoid carcinoma (A431) [58]
Zerumbone Human lung cancer (NSCLC) [24]
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) [49]
Human erythromyeloblastoid leukemia (K562)
Human colon carcinoma (HCT116) [64]
Human pancreatic carcinoma (PANC-1) [25]
α-Humulene Human colon carcinoma (CaCo-2) [65]
β-amyrin Human bladder carcinoma (NTUB1) [66]