TABLE 5.
Compounds | Nutrients/drugs | Functions | References |
Natural | Folic acid | S-adenyl methionine generation | Park et al., 2012 |
vitamins B6 and B12 | S-adenyl methionine generation | Park et al., 2012 | |
Vitamin C | TET2 activator | DiTroia et al., 2019 | |
Methionine | Increase DNA methylation | Waterland, 2006 | |
Catechin, epicatechin | DNMTs inhibitor | Nagai et al., 2004 | |
EGCG | DNMTs inhibitor | Wong et al., 2011 | |
Resveratrol | DNMTs inhibitor | Aldawsari et al., 2016 | |
Quercetin | DNMTs inhibitor | Liu C. M. et al., 2015 | |
Synthetic | Azacytidine | DNMTs inhibitor | Strand et al., 2020 |
Decitabine | DNMTs inhibitor | Zhuang et al., 2017 | |
RG108 | DNMTs inhibitor | Stenzig et al., 2018 | |
Hydralazine | DNMTs inhibitor | Kao et al., 2011 | |
GLP-1 agonists | DNMTs inhibitor and TET2 activator | Scisciola et al., 2020 | |
SGLT2 inhibitors | Not available | Marumo et al., 2015 |
EGCG, epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate; decitabine, 5-Aza-2′-deoxycytidine; TET, 10–11 translocations; DNMT, DNA methyltransferases.