Ahmad Shannar, Pochung Jordan Chou, Rebecca Peter, Parv Dushyant Dave, Komal Patel, Yuxin Pan, Jiawei Xu, Md Shahid Sarwar, Ah-Ng Kong
{"title":"Pharmacodynamics (PD), Pharmacokinetics (PK) and PK-PD Modeling of NRF2 Activating Dietary Phytochemicals in Cancer Prevention and in Health.","authors":"Ahmad Shannar, Pochung Jordan Chou, Rebecca Peter, Parv Dushyant Dave, Komal Patel, Yuxin Pan, Jiawei Xu, Md Shahid Sarwar, Ah-Ng Kong","doi":"10.1007/s40495-024-00388-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40495-024-00388-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of review: </strong>Dietary phytochemicals, bioactive compounds derived from plants, have gained increasing attention for their potential role in cancer prevention. Among these, NRF2 (nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2) activating dietary phytochemicals such as curcumin, sulforaphane, ursolic acid, and cyanidin have demonstrated significant antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, making them promising agents in chemoprevention. This review examines the pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) profiles of these dietary phytochemicals, with a focus on their NRF2-mediated effects in cancer prevention.</p><p><strong>Recent findings: </strong>Preclinical studies have highlighted the potential of these dietary phytochemicals to modulate oxidative stress and inflammation, key drivers of carcinogenesis. We explore the complexity of their PK/PD properties, influenced by factors such as bioavailability, metabolism, and drug interactions. While most of these phytochemicals follow two compartmental PK, their anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory effects follow the indirect response (IDR) model. Furthermore, we discuss the application of physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling to simulate the behavior of these compounds in humans, providing insights for clinical translation.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>The integration of PK-PD analysis into the development of dietary phytochemical-based therapies offers a pathway to optimize dosing strategies, enhance therapeutic efficacy, and improve safety. This review underscores the importance of these compounds as part of cancer interception strategies, particularly in the early stages of cancer development, where they may offer a natural, less toxic alternative to conventional therapies.</p><p><strong>Graphical abstract: </strong></p>","PeriodicalId":11139,"journal":{"name":"Current Pharmacology Reports","volume":"11 1","pages":"6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11618211/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142794002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of Metabolomics in Carcinogenesis and Cancer Prevention by Dietary Phytochemicals.","authors":"Rebecca Mary Peter, Xiaoyang Su, Ah-Ng Kong","doi":"10.1007/s40495-025-00396-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40495-025-00396-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of review: </strong>In this review article, specific emphasis is on evolution of metabolomics in cancer research, metabolomics workflow, general understanding of liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry (LC-MS) based platform for quantitation of metabolites, their biological interpretation and the application in carcinogenesis and cancer prevention by dietary phytochemicals.</p><p><strong>Recent findings: </strong>Metabolomics is increasingly becoming a preferred approach for next generation metabolic screening and has profound impact on medical practice. Metabolomics describes the end products of biochemical processes which are greatly influenced by genetic and environmental factors. Metabolic alterations can be linked to potential biochemical reactions/enzymes and their corresponding genes. Thus, these results can be further validated via multi-omics approach including genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics. However, challenges exist within and between omic-domain data integration considering complex biochemical regulation including organism versus tissue versus cellular level processes, epigenetics, transcriptional and post translational modifications. Metabolomics can reflect the steady state or dynamic state of metabolism because metabolites are highly dynamic in space and time.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>Metabolomic analysis of biological samples exhibit the possibility to determine mechanism of action of anti-cancer agents, biomarker discovery and impact of genetic alterations.</p>","PeriodicalId":11139,"journal":{"name":"Current Pharmacology Reports","volume":"11 1","pages":"12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11889054/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143585121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mental Health and the Microbiome: A Review of Psychological Impacts of Gut Microflora","authors":"Ananya Gupt, Sonal Naudiyal, Anju Rani, Sunil Kumar","doi":"10.1007/s40495-024-00357-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40495-024-00357-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11139,"journal":{"name":"Current Pharmacology Reports","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141235065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Redoxification (of the Organism) Through Diet and Supplementation with a Focus on Natural Polymeric Redox Modulators","authors":"N. Sahakyan, M. J. Nasim, Claus Jacob","doi":"10.1007/s40495-024-00353-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40495-024-00353-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11139,"journal":{"name":"Current Pharmacology Reports","volume":"34 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140378202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Janvi Parekh, Himani Shende, Ajay Kumar, H. Tuli, Ginpreet Kaur
{"title":"Assessing the Clinical Correlation between Alzheimer's disease and Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus: Current Strategies and Emerging Perspectives","authors":"Janvi Parekh, Himani Shende, Ajay Kumar, H. Tuli, Ginpreet Kaur","doi":"10.1007/s40495-024-00354-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40495-024-00354-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11139,"journal":{"name":"Current Pharmacology Reports","volume":"74 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140234143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pharmacological Profile of FDA-Approved Orphan Drugs in the Year 2022","authors":"P. K. Goyal, Kavita Sangwan","doi":"10.1007/s40495-024-00351-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40495-024-00351-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11139,"journal":{"name":"Current Pharmacology Reports","volume":"286 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140480666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eleni Paschalidou, Philippos Tasioudis, Georgios N. Katsaras, Thomas Papoulakis, Dorothea Kapoukranidou, T. Papamitsou
{"title":"Efficacy and Safety of Topical Sirolimus for the Treatment of Angiofibromas in Tuberous Sclerosis: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis","authors":"Eleni Paschalidou, Philippos Tasioudis, Georgios N. Katsaras, Thomas Papoulakis, Dorothea Kapoukranidou, T. Papamitsou","doi":"10.1007/s40495-023-00350-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40495-023-00350-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11139,"journal":{"name":"Current Pharmacology Reports","volume":"117 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139003512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. A. Afrose Farzana, Sekar Kumaran, A. Pandurangan
{"title":"A Comprehensive Review on the Effect of Natural Products on Colorectal Cancer","authors":"V. A. Afrose Farzana, Sekar Kumaran, A. Pandurangan","doi":"10.1007/s40495-023-00349-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40495-023-00349-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11139,"journal":{"name":"Current Pharmacology Reports","volume":"83 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139004384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Saranya Udayakumar, A. Girigoswami, K. Girigoswami
{"title":"Biological Activities of Carrageenan from Red Algae: a Mini Review","authors":"Saranya Udayakumar, A. Girigoswami, K. Girigoswami","doi":"10.1007/s40495-023-00348-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40495-023-00348-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11139,"journal":{"name":"Current Pharmacology Reports","volume":"51 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138597440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}