Protection of Dietary Polyphenols against Oral Cancer

Nutrients

Yijian Ding²  Hua Yao²  Yanan Yao²  Leonard Yenwong Fai¹ 

[1] Graduate Center for Toxicology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; E-Mail:;Department of Stomatology, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China; E-Mails:

关键词: dietary polyphenols;    tea polyphenols;    (−)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate;    oral cancer;    cancer prevention;    cancer therapy;    cell death;    cell growth;    cell migration and invasion;   

DOI  :  10.3390/nu5062173

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Oral cancer represents a health burden worldwide with approximate 275,000 new cases diagnosed annually. Its poor prognosis is due to local tumor invasion and frequent lymph node metastasis. Better understanding and development of novel treatments and chemo-preventive approaches for the preventive and therapeutic intervention of this type of cancer are necessary. Recent development of dietary polyphenols as cancer preventives and therapeutic agents is of great interest due to their antioxidant and anti-carcinogenic activities. Polyphenols may inhibit carcinogenesis in the stage of initiation, promotion, or progression. In particular, dietary polyphenols decrease incidence of carcinomas and exert protection against oral cancer by induction of cell death and inhibition of tumor growth, invasion, and metastasis. In this review, we discuss current progress of dietary polyphenols against oral cancers in vitro, in vivo, and at population levels.

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