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Ziziphus Jujube: a review study of its anticancer effects in various tumor models invitro and invivo
Corresponding Author(s) : R. Hoshyar
Cellular and Molecular Biology,
Vol. 63 No. 10: Issue 10
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The growing rate of cancer incidences and inefficiency of current therapies have made scientists to find novel agents such as medicinal plants. Ziziphus jujube is one of these plants whose pharmaceutical effects have been studied for a long time. Recent investigations have proved that bioactive compounds of Ziziphus jujube including triterpenic acids, flavonoids, cerebrosides, phenolic acids, α tocopherol, β carotene, and polysaccharides have anti-proliferative effects on several cancerous cell lines and animals. The present study aimed to cover all previous invitro and invivo findings and some of molecular mechanisms of its anticancer property.
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- Siegel RL, Miller KD, Jemal A. Cancer statistics, 2015. CA: a cancer journal for clinicians. 2015;65(1):5-29.
- Kaur R, Kapoor K, Kaur H. Plants as a source of anticancer agents. J Nat Prod Plant Resour. 2011;1(1):119-24.
- ILONGA SK. Anticancer, antioxidant and antimicrobial screening of extracts from Ziziphus Mucronata, heliotropium ciliatum and Gnidia polycephala from the Oshikoto region of Namibia: Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Dar es Salaam; 2012.
- Taechakulwanijya N, Weerapreeyakul N, Barusrux S, Siriamornpun S. Apoptosis induction effect of three jujube cultivars in HepG2 and Jurkat cell lines. International Journal of Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics. 2013;3(6):540.
- Tahergorabi Z, Abedini MR, Mitra M, Fard MH, Beydokhti H. "Ziziphus jujuba”: A red fruit with promising anticancer activities. Pharmacognosy reviews. 2015;9(18):99.
- Gao Q-H, Wu C-S, Wang M. The jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) fruit: a review of current knowledge of fruit composition and health benefits. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry. 2013;61(14):3351-63.
- Chan J, Cheung J, Luk S, Wu Y, Pang S, Fung K. Anti"Cancer and Pro"Apoptotic Effects of an Herbal Medicine and Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Product (CKBM) on Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma HepG2 Cells Invitro and Invivo. Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology. 2004;26(4):597-609.
- Shin VY, So WH-L, Liu ES-L, Wu Y-J, Pang S-F, Cho C-H. Anti-tumorigenic and Pro-apoptotic effects of CKBM on gastric cancer growth in nude mice. 2004.
- Eng C. Are herbal medicines ripe for the cancer clinic? Science Translational Medicine. 2010;2(45):45ps1-ps1.
- Wang E, Bussom S, Chen J, Quinn C, Bedognetti D, Lam W, et al. Interaction of a traditional Chinese Medicine (PHY906) and CPT-11 on the inflammatory process in the tumor microenvironment. BMC medical genomics. 2011;4(1):38.
- Yen Y, So S, Rose M, Saif MW, Chu E, Liu S-H, et al. Phase I/II study of PHY906/capecitabine in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. Anticancer research. 2009;29(10):4083-92.
- Damle AA, Pawar YP, Narkar AA. Anticancer activity of betulinic acid on MCF-7 tumors in nude mice. 2013.
- De Angel RE, Smith SM, Glickman RD, Perkins SN, Hursting SD. Antitumor effects of ursolic acid in a mouse model of postmenopausal breast cancer. Nutrition and cancer. 2010;62(8):1074-86.
- Xu M-Y, Lee SY, Kang SS, Kim YS. Antitumor activity of jujuboside B and the underlying mechanism via induction of apoptosis and autophagy. Journal of natural products. 2014;77(2):370-6.
- Hoshyar R, Mohaghegh Z, Torabi N, Abolghasemi A. Antitumor Activity of Aqueous Extract of Ziziphus Jujube Fruit in Breast Cancer: An Invitro and Invivo Study. Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction. 2015;4(2):116-22.
- Periasamy S, Liu C-T, Wu W-H, Chien S-P, Liu M-Y. Dietary Ziziphus jujuba Fruit Influence on Aberrant Crypt Formation and Blood Cells in Colitis-Associated Colorectal Cancer in Mice. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 2015;16(17):7561-6.
- Chabner BA, Roberts TG. Chemotherapy and the war on cancer. Nature Reviews Cancer. 2005;5(1):65-72.
- Manju K, Jat R, Anju G. A review on medicinal plants used as a source of anticancer agents. International Journal of Drug Research and Technology. 2017;2(2):6.
- Goyal S, Gupta N, Chatterjee S, Nimesh S. Natural Plant Extracts as Potential Therapeutic Agents for the Treatment of Cancer. Current topics in medicinal chemistry. 2017;17(2):96-106.
- Vahedi F, Najafi MF, Bozari K. Evaluation of inhibitory effect and apoptosis induction of Zyzyphus Jujube on tumor cell lines, an invitro preliminary study. Cytotechnology. 2008;56(2):105-11.
- Abedini MR, Erfanian N, Nazem H, Jamali S, Hoshyar R. Anti-proliferative and apoptotic effects of Ziziphus Jujube on cervical and breast cancer cells. Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine. 2016;6(2):142.
- Sun Y-F, Song C-K, Viernstein H, Unger F, Liang Z-S. Apoptosis of human breast cancer cells induced by microencapsulated betulinic acid from sour jujube fruits through the mitochondria transduction pathway. Food chemistry. 2013;138(2):1998-2007.
- Plastina P, Bonofiglio D, Vizza D, Fazio A, Rovito D, Giordano C, et al. Identification of bioactive constituents of Ziziphus jujube fruit extracts exerting antiproliferative and apoptotic effects in human breast cancer cells. Journal of ethnopharmacology. 2012;140(2):325-32.
- Dey Ray S, Dewanjee S. Isolation of a new triterpene derivative and invitro and invivo anticancer activity of ethanolic extract from root bark of Zizyphus nummularia Aubrev. Natural product research. 2015;29(16):1529-36.
- Jafarian A, Zolfaghari B, Shirani K. Cytotoxicity of different extracts of arial parts of Ziziphus spina-christi on Hela and MDA-MB-468 tumor cells. Advanced biomedical research. 2014;3(1):38.
- Hoshyar R, Jamali S, Fereidouni M, Abedini M. The cytotoxic activity of Ziziphus Jujube on cervical cancer cells: Invitro study. Cellular and molecular biology (Noisy-le-Grand, France). 2014;61(8):128-30.
- Mishra T, Khullar M, Bhatia A. Anticancer potential of aqueous ethanol seed extract of Ziziphus mauritiana against cancer cell lines and Ehrlich ascites carcinoma. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2010;2011.
- Choi S-H, Ahn J-B, Kim H-J, Im N-K, Kozukue N, Levin CE, et al. Changes in free amino acid, protein, and flavonoid content in jujube (Ziziphus jujube) fruit during eight stages of growth and antioxidative and cancer cell inhibitory effects by extracts. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry. 2012;60(41):10245-55.
- Hung C-F, Hsu B-Y, Chang S-C, Chen B-H. Antiproliferation of melanoma cells by polysaccharide isolated from Zizyphus jujuba. Nutrition. 2012;28(1):98-105.
- Guo S, Duan J-a, Tang YP, Su SL, Qian DW. Triterpenoid acids from Ziziphus jujuba. Chemistry of Natural Compounds. 2011;47(1):138-9.
- Huang X. Mechanism of the growth inhibitory effects of Zizyphus jujuba and green tea extracts in human hepatoma cells: Thesis, Department of Food and Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Japan; 2008.
- Taechakulwanijya N, Weerapreeyakul N, Barusrux S, Siriamornpun S. Apoptosis-inducing effects of jujube (Zao) seed extracts on human Jurkat leukemia T cells. Chinese medicine. 2016;11:15.
- Lee SM, Min BS, Lee CG, Kim KS, Kho YH. Cytotoxic triterpenoids from the fruits of Zizyphus jujuba. Planta medica. 2003 Nov;69(11):1051-4.
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Kaur R, Kapoor K, Kaur H. Plants as a source of anticancer agents. J Nat Prod Plant Resour. 2011;1(1):119-24.
ILONGA SK. Anticancer, antioxidant and antimicrobial screening of extracts from Ziziphus Mucronata, heliotropium ciliatum and Gnidia polycephala from the Oshikoto region of Namibia: Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Dar es Salaam; 2012.
Taechakulwanijya N, Weerapreeyakul N, Barusrux S, Siriamornpun S. Apoptosis induction effect of three jujube cultivars in HepG2 and Jurkat cell lines. International Journal of Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics. 2013;3(6):540.
Tahergorabi Z, Abedini MR, Mitra M, Fard MH, Beydokhti H. "Ziziphus jujuba”: A red fruit with promising anticancer activities. Pharmacognosy reviews. 2015;9(18):99.
Gao Q-H, Wu C-S, Wang M. The jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) fruit: a review of current knowledge of fruit composition and health benefits. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry. 2013;61(14):3351-63.
Chan J, Cheung J, Luk S, Wu Y, Pang S, Fung K. Anti"Cancer and Pro"Apoptotic Effects of an Herbal Medicine and Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Product (CKBM) on Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma HepG2 Cells Invitro and Invivo. Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology. 2004;26(4):597-609.
Shin VY, So WH-L, Liu ES-L, Wu Y-J, Pang S-F, Cho C-H. Anti-tumorigenic and Pro-apoptotic effects of CKBM on gastric cancer growth in nude mice. 2004.
Eng C. Are herbal medicines ripe for the cancer clinic? Science Translational Medicine. 2010;2(45):45ps1-ps1.
Wang E, Bussom S, Chen J, Quinn C, Bedognetti D, Lam W, et al. Interaction of a traditional Chinese Medicine (PHY906) and CPT-11 on the inflammatory process in the tumor microenvironment. BMC medical genomics. 2011;4(1):38.
Yen Y, So S, Rose M, Saif MW, Chu E, Liu S-H, et al. Phase I/II study of PHY906/capecitabine in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. Anticancer research. 2009;29(10):4083-92.
Damle AA, Pawar YP, Narkar AA. Anticancer activity of betulinic acid on MCF-7 tumors in nude mice. 2013.
De Angel RE, Smith SM, Glickman RD, Perkins SN, Hursting SD. Antitumor effects of ursolic acid in a mouse model of postmenopausal breast cancer. Nutrition and cancer. 2010;62(8):1074-86.
Xu M-Y, Lee SY, Kang SS, Kim YS. Antitumor activity of jujuboside B and the underlying mechanism via induction of apoptosis and autophagy. Journal of natural products. 2014;77(2):370-6.
Hoshyar R, Mohaghegh Z, Torabi N, Abolghasemi A. Antitumor Activity of Aqueous Extract of Ziziphus Jujube Fruit in Breast Cancer: An Invitro and Invivo Study. Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction. 2015;4(2):116-22.
Periasamy S, Liu C-T, Wu W-H, Chien S-P, Liu M-Y. Dietary Ziziphus jujuba Fruit Influence on Aberrant Crypt Formation and Blood Cells in Colitis-Associated Colorectal Cancer in Mice. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 2015;16(17):7561-6.
Chabner BA, Roberts TG. Chemotherapy and the war on cancer. Nature Reviews Cancer. 2005;5(1):65-72.
Manju K, Jat R, Anju G. A review on medicinal plants used as a source of anticancer agents. International Journal of Drug Research and Technology. 2017;2(2):6.
Goyal S, Gupta N, Chatterjee S, Nimesh S. Natural Plant Extracts as Potential Therapeutic Agents for the Treatment of Cancer. Current topics in medicinal chemistry. 2017;17(2):96-106.
Vahedi F, Najafi MF, Bozari K. Evaluation of inhibitory effect and apoptosis induction of Zyzyphus Jujube on tumor cell lines, an invitro preliminary study. Cytotechnology. 2008;56(2):105-11.
Abedini MR, Erfanian N, Nazem H, Jamali S, Hoshyar R. Anti-proliferative and apoptotic effects of Ziziphus Jujube on cervical and breast cancer cells. Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine. 2016;6(2):142.
Sun Y-F, Song C-K, Viernstein H, Unger F, Liang Z-S. Apoptosis of human breast cancer cells induced by microencapsulated betulinic acid from sour jujube fruits through the mitochondria transduction pathway. Food chemistry. 2013;138(2):1998-2007.
Plastina P, Bonofiglio D, Vizza D, Fazio A, Rovito D, Giordano C, et al. Identification of bioactive constituents of Ziziphus jujube fruit extracts exerting antiproliferative and apoptotic effects in human breast cancer cells. Journal of ethnopharmacology. 2012;140(2):325-32.
Dey Ray S, Dewanjee S. Isolation of a new triterpene derivative and invitro and invivo anticancer activity of ethanolic extract from root bark of Zizyphus nummularia Aubrev. Natural product research. 2015;29(16):1529-36.
Jafarian A, Zolfaghari B, Shirani K. Cytotoxicity of different extracts of arial parts of Ziziphus spina-christi on Hela and MDA-MB-468 tumor cells. Advanced biomedical research. 2014;3(1):38.
Hoshyar R, Jamali S, Fereidouni M, Abedini M. The cytotoxic activity of Ziziphus Jujube on cervical cancer cells: Invitro study. Cellular and molecular biology (Noisy-le-Grand, France). 2014;61(8):128-30.
Mishra T, Khullar M, Bhatia A. Anticancer potential of aqueous ethanol seed extract of Ziziphus mauritiana against cancer cell lines and Ehrlich ascites carcinoma. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2010;2011.
Choi S-H, Ahn J-B, Kim H-J, Im N-K, Kozukue N, Levin CE, et al. Changes in free amino acid, protein, and flavonoid content in jujube (Ziziphus jujube) fruit during eight stages of growth and antioxidative and cancer cell inhibitory effects by extracts. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry. 2012;60(41):10245-55.
Hung C-F, Hsu B-Y, Chang S-C, Chen B-H. Antiproliferation of melanoma cells by polysaccharide isolated from Zizyphus jujuba. Nutrition. 2012;28(1):98-105.
Guo S, Duan J-a, Tang YP, Su SL, Qian DW. Triterpenoid acids from Ziziphus jujuba. Chemistry of Natural Compounds. 2011;47(1):138-9.
Huang X. Mechanism of the growth inhibitory effects of Zizyphus jujuba and green tea extracts in human hepatoma cells: Thesis, Department of Food and Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Japan; 2008.
Taechakulwanijya N, Weerapreeyakul N, Barusrux S, Siriamornpun S. Apoptosis-inducing effects of jujube (Zao) seed extracts on human Jurkat leukemia T cells. Chinese medicine. 2016;11:15.
Lee SM, Min BS, Lee CG, Kim KS, Kho YH. Cytotoxic triterpenoids from the fruits of Zizyphus jujuba. Planta medica. 2003 Nov;69(11):1051-4.