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. 2022 Oct 3;23(19):11712. doi: 10.3390/ijms231911712

Table 1.

Polyphenols on DNA methylation and histone modification.

Polyphenols Molecular Mechanism Pre Clinical Model Target Gene
DNA methylation
Curcumin DNMT inhibitor Leukemia, esophageal NA
Epicatechin, epicatechin-gallate, epigalocatechin-3-gallate DNMT inhibitor Lung, colon cancer cells, esophageal, oral, breast cancers RAŘ, MGMT, MLH1, CDKN2A, RECK, TERT, RXⱤ, CDX2, GSTP1, W1F1
Quercetin DNMT inhibitor Breast, colon, esophageal cancers CDKN2A
Resveratrol DNMT inhibitor Breast, Lungs cancers NA
Histone modifications
Curcumin HAT and HDAC inhibitor anti-inflammatory
anticancer, antioxidant,
antiproliferative
GATA4, EOMES, GZMB, PRF1,H3/H4 deacetylation
Epicatechin, epicatechin-gallate, epigalocatechin-3-gallate HAT inhibitor antioxidant,
anticancer,
anti-inflammatory
NF-kB, IL-6, BMI-1, EZH2, SUZ12, H3K27 trimethylation, H3/H4 acetylation
Quercetin SIRTI activator HAT inhibitor anti-migration,
anticancer, antiproliferative,
antidiabetic, antioxidant
Inflammatory diseases
Resveratrol SIRTi activator anti-migration,
anticancer, antiproliferative,
antidiabetic, antioxidant
TNF-˛, IL-8, RBP