Anti-tumor activity and its mechanism of lycopene
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-422X.2013.04.007
- VernacularTitle:番茄红素的抗肿瘤作用及其机制
- Author:
Jing HAN
;
Zhiqiang LING
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Neoplasms;
Lycopene
- From:
Journal of International Oncology
2013;(4):264-267
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Lycopene is an important natural carotenoid,and is widely found in human tissues and blood,with the prevention of many types of cancer,anti-aging effect.It can inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells of oral malignancy,and increasing of gap-junction communication between cells to prevent oral cancer,and also can inhibit the development of colorectal cancer by reducing the activity of matrix metalloproteinase.It plays the role of anti-metastasis through enhancing the expression of anti-metastatic gene nm23-H1.
