Journal of Pathology Clinical & Medical Research Category: Medical Type: Review Article

Role of Chamomile in Cancer Treatment

Thalluri Gouri Sai Kiran1* and Raj Kiran Kolakota1
1 Department of pharmacology, Vignan Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, Visakhapatnam, India

*Corresponding Author(s):
Thalluri Gouri Sai Kiran
Department Of Pharmacology, Vignan Institute Of Pharmaceutical Technology, Visakhapatnam, India
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Email:tgsaikiran@gmail.com

Received Date: Apr 03, 2018
Accepted Date: Oct 02, 2018
Published Date: Oct 16, 2018
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Abstract

Chamomile is the daisy like plants of the family Asteraceae. Mainly two species are commonly used to make herb infusions thought to have medicinal uses, they are Matricaria Chamomilla is an aromatic plant with antioxidant, anticancer, and anti-inflammatory properties. Chamaemelum nobile commonly known as Roman chamomile is a medicinal plant used for numerous diseases in traditional medicine, although its anticancer activity. Chamomile contains 0.5-3% flavonoids. The most relevant flavonoids are flavones (mostly apigenin, also luteolin) and flavonols (quercetin, isorhamnetin, myricetin, patuletin). Both in vivo and in vitro significant progress have been made in studying the chemo-preventive aspects of apigenin. Several studies have demonstrated that the anti-carcinogenic properties of apigenin occur through regulation of cellular response to oxidative stress and DNA damage, suppression of inflammation and angiogenesis, retardation of cell proliferation, and induction of autophagy and apoptosis. One of the most well recognized mechanisms of apigenin is the capability to promote cell cycle arrest and induction of apoptosis through of autophagy in several human cancer cell lines. Apigenin induces the apoptosis of colon cancer cell by inhibiting the phosphorylation of STST3 and consequently downregulates the anti apoptotic proteins Bcl-XL and Mcl-1. In this review, we discuss the details chamomile, apigenin, apoptosis, autophagy and the role of apigenin in cancer prevention via the induction of apoptosis and autophagy.

Keywords

Angiogenesis; Anti-cancer; Apigenin; Apoptosis; Autophagy; Chamomile

INTRODUCTION

Chamomile is one of the important medicinal herb native to southern and eastern Europe. It was also grown in Germany, Hungary, France, Russia, Yugoslavia and Brazil. The plants can be found in North Africa, Asia, North & South America, Australia & New Zealand. In India it was introduced during the Mughal period, now it is grown in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir (Figure 1) [1]. Hungary is the main producer of the plant biomass, it also grows abundantly in poor soils and it is a source of income to the poor inhabitants of these area flowers which are exposed to Germany in the bunk for distillation of the oil [2]. In India, the plant had been cultivated in Lucknow for about 200 years and the plant was introduced in Punjab about 300 years age during the Mughal period. It was introduced in Jammu in 1957 by Handa et al. [3], the plant was introduced in the alkaline soils of Lucknow in 1964-1965 by Chandra et al. [4,5].

 Figure 1: Chamaemelum nobile.

Cancer is one of the major causes of death worldwide in which deregulated proliferation of abnormal cells leads to disruption of surrounding tissues. Based on the report of the international agency for the research on cancer cases which were identified around the world in 2012, of these 7.7 million cases were men and 6.9 million women and further this number is expected to increase to 24 million by 2035 [6]. The most common cancers are lung, breast, and colorectal cancers. Breast cancer is the first leading cause of cancer death in women in 140 countries. It contributes to one fourth of all types of cancer in women. Generally, cancer has an increasing trend in developing countries due to lifestyle change such as diet change [7]. Medicinal plants have long been used in the treatment of different types of dieases due to less toxicity compared with the modern chemotherapy. Chamomile as a well reputed medicinal plant in the world was widely used for different diseases. Phytochemicals in Matricaria Chamomilla flower extract include different acids such as tartaric acid, citric acid, and succinic acid (Figure 2).

 

Figure 2: Kamomillasaunio (Matricaria Chamomilla).

It has other compounds such as myristin, proazolene, luteolin and coumarin derivatives as well as different flavonoids such as flavones and flavonols. Its florets contain rutin, apigenin, and free quercetin. Oxygen free radicals contribute to the pathophysiology of many diseases, including cancer and inflammation [8]. Methonolic and aqueous extracts of M. Chamomilla have the least anti-proliferative effect on normal cells while significantly affects biological ability of different cancer cells. Studies suggest that bisabolol oxide A, a compound of M. Chamomile, together with fluorouracil-5, exhibits anti-proliferative action on K562 cell line in blood cancer [9].

Many researchers have reported that M. Chamomile has pharmacological properties, including antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidative, antispasmodic, antiviral, and sedative activities owing to the terpenoids, flavonoids (such as apigenin and luteolin), coumarins, and spiroethers in the plant. Recently, it has been studied as a therapeutic agent against aphthous stomatitis [10]. In one of the recent studies about n160 high confidence candidate apigenin target molecules were identified which were divided into three functional categories: GTPase activation, membrane transport, and mRNA metabolism/alternating splicing. Other research papers have also revealed of apigenin targets (Table 1) [11].

 

Gene Experssion

Protein Kinases

Transcription Factors

Enzymes

Membrane Proteins

Others

Cyclin D

Ikk/IKB Kinase

STAT-3

FTPase

VCAM

Bcl-2

Cyclin A

JAK

NF-Kb

GST

ICAM

Bcl-xl

Cyclin B1

Src

AP-1

GSH-Px

VEGF

EGFR

Cyclin E

JNK

PI-3

GSH-R

EGFR

Bax

5-LOX

HER-2

Egr-1

CAT

MRPs

P53

COX-1

Akt/PKB

Erβ

SOD

MMPs

P21

COX-2

PKA

CBP

ALT

FAK

P27

P53

PKC

PPAR

ALP

IGF-1R

Trail

P21

P13K

EpRE

GGT

VEGF

Apc

P27

MAPK

Β-catenin

LDH

 

Pten

IL-6

 

Nrf-2

AST

 

IGF-1

IL-5

 

HIF-1α

XO

 

XIAP/IAP

IL-8

 

Elk-1

HO

 

Β-CTF

IL-12

 

GATA-3

ODC

 

BDNF

IL-17

   

Cyt-P450

 

TGF-β

TNF-α

   

Aromatase

 

HO-1

c-Fos

   

Caspase 3,9

   
     

AChE

   
     

BChE

   

 

Table 1: Molecular targets of apigenin.

AN OVERVIEW OF MOLECULAR TARGETS OF APIGENIN

In one of the recent studies about n160 high confidence candidate apigenin target molecules were identified which were divided into three functional categories: GTPase activation, membrane transport, and mRNA metabolism/alternating splicing. Other research papers have also revealed of apigenin targets, summarized in table 1 [11].

ROLE OF APIGENIN IN CANCER

Many of the biological effects of apigenin in numerous mammalian systems in vitro as well as in vivo are related to TIS antioxidant effects and its role in scavenging free radicals. Furthermore, it exhibits anti mutagenic, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and purgative effects. The actions of apigenin in inhibiting the cell cycle, diminishing oxidative stress, improving the efficacy of detoxification enzymes, including apoptosis, and stimulating the immune system are quite limited. One human study demonstrated that apigenin was absorbed systemically by a subject fed a diet high in parsley; this subject was found to have elevated levels of the antioxidant enzymes erythrocyte glutathione reductase and superoxide dismutase. Activities of erythrocyte catalase and glutathione peroxidase however, were found to be unchanged. Other biological effects induced by flavonoids include reduction of cell proliferation. This is apparent from another cross-sectional study conducted in Japan in which total intake of flavonoids among women was found to be inversely correlated with plasma total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein concentration, after adjustment for age, body mass index and total energy intake. The effects of flavonoids on the hematologic systems were performed, a 7 day study of 18 healthy men and women examining the effects of a daily dietary supplement providing quercetin (377±10 miles from onions) and apigenin (84±6 mg from parsley) on platelet aggregation and other hemostatic variables. They observed no significant changes in collagen or ADP induced platelet number, factor VII, plasminogen, PAI activity or fibrinogen concentrations. These inherent properties of flavonoids categorize them as a class of beneficial compounds which possess health promoting and disease preventing dietary effects (Figure 3) [12].

 
Figure 3: Pharmacological properties of apigenin.

ACTIONS OF APIGENIN

• Apigenin induced apoptosis, activated caspases and cleaved PARP in dose and time dependent manners in U937 cells
• Exposure of U937 cells to apigenin resulted in downregulation of Bcl-2 and Mcl-1
• Exposure of U937 cells to apigenin resulted in the inactivation of Akt and pronounced increase in JNK activation
• Apigenin induced apoptosis in leukemia cells via caspase-independent inactivation of Akt and activation of JNK
• Apigenin induced apoptosis in leukemia cells via mitochondrial dependent mechanism
• Apigenin induced similar effects in other leukemia cells but not in NPBMNCs
• Inactivation of Akt is responsible for apigenin induced JNK and caspases activation and apoptosis
• Activation of JNK played an important role in apigenin-induced caspase activation and apoptosis
• Apigenin induced Mcl-1 downregulation proceeds via transcriptional and proteasome-dependent mechanisms
• Overexpression of Mcl-1 substantially diminished apigenin-induced apoptosis, caspases activation and PARP cleavage in U937 cells
• Apigenin inhibited tumor formation in xenografts of U937 human leukemia cells
• Inhibition of PI3K/Akt and mTOR signaling pathways by apigenin [13]

INDUCTION OF APOPTOSIS

Apoptosis is the natural process of programmed cell death. Apoptosis involves energy-dependent cascade events and different distinct morphological characteristics [14]. To date, apoptosis is induced by two core pathways: The extrinsic (Death receptor) pathway and the intrinsic (mitochondrial) pathway. Apoptosis is a critical process that allows undesirable cells to be removed under physiological conditions. Avoiding apoptosis is one of the most important characteristics of cancer cells that make them different from normal cells. Thus, triggering cancer cell apoptosis by targeting apoptotic pathways with chemotherapy reagents is a widely used strategy to treat cancer. Apigenin has been demonstrated to be an effective agent for triggering apoptosis via either the intrinsic pathway in human cancer cells.

The intrinsic apoptotic pathway is regulated by the Bcl-2 family of proteins, such as Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, Bcl-w and Mcl-1, which block apoptosis, while Bad, Bax, Bax, Bid and Bim trigger apoptosis [15]. Apigenin functions to upregulate pro-apoptotic proteins and/or downregulate pro survival members, there by inducing the intrinsic apoptotic pathway. In prostate cancer therapy, treatment of the androgen-refractory human prostate cancer cell lines PC-3 and DU145 with apigenin resulted in apoptosis and a reduction in cell viability caused by a decrease in Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL and an increase in the active form of the Bax protein, accompanied by dose-dependent suppression of XIAP, c-IAP1, c-IAP2 and surviving proteins [16]. In addition, in human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells, apigenin reduced the mitochondrial outer membrane potential, released cytochrome c from the mitochondria into the cytosol, induced procaspase-9 processing and finally induced cell apoptosis through the intrinsic apoptotic pathway [17]. In other reports, apigenin caused cell apoptosis by changing the ratio of pro-apoptotic to pro-survival mitochondrial proteins. Apigenin increased the Bax/Bcl-2 inhibitor ABT-263 to trigger mitochondria-dependent cell apoptosis [18].

Seo et al., [19], found that apigenin neither affected the levels of Bcl-2 and Bax nor decreased the mitochondrial membrane potential in the human breast cancer BT-474 cells, but this compound induced extrinsic, caspase dependent apoptosis by upregulating the levels of cleaved caspase-8 and cleaved caspase-3 [20]. In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) cells, Chen et al., [21], showed that apigenin upregulated the levels of Death Receptor 4 (DR4) and Death Receptor 5 (DR5) in a p53-dependent manner, thereby sensitizing NSCLC cells to trail induced apoptosis. Meanwhile, apigenin triggered the intrinsic apoptotic pathway by upregulating the pro-apoptotic proteins Bad and BAX and downregulating the anti-apoptotic proteins Bcl-XL and Bcl-2 [21]. Moreover, in human keratinocytes and organotypic keratinocytes, apigenin increased UVB-induced apoptosis via both the intrinsic and extrinsic apoptotic pathways as well. Apigenin caused changes in Bax localization and in the release of cytochrome c. Over expression of the pro-survival protein Bcl-2 and the dominant-negative form of the fast-associated death domain protected against apigenin-induced apoptosis [22].

INDUCTION OF AUTOPHAGY

Autophagy, the so called type 2 non-apoptotic cell death, is characterized by the sequestration of cytoplasmic material into vacuoles for bulk degradation by lysosomal enzymes. Autophagy is a dynamic process where the cell digests its own cytoplasmic materials within lysosomes and results in the sequestration and degradation macromolecules [23]. In some cases, autophagy can serve as a cell survival pathway by providing recycled metabolic substrates and maintaining energy homeostasis during starvation, while in other settings, it can cause cell death, either in collaboration with apoptosis or as a backup mechanism. This is growing evidence that the relationship between autophagy and cancer is complex and contradictory. Autophagy triggered by apigenin was first observed in erythroleukemia TF1 cells. Apigenin treatment triggered the initiation of autophagy without apoptosis [24]. Since then, more evidences have been presented that apigenin could induce autophagy which serves as tumor suppressive or a tumor protective role under different circumstances [25,26].

Tong et al., [27] reported that apigenin exerted its chemo preventive by inducing autophagy in human keratinocytes via activation of AMPK [28]. In human breast cancer T47D and MDA-MB-231 cells, cao et al., found that the apigenin exposure triggered cell apoptosis and autophagy as evidenced by the accumulation of Acidic Vesicular Organelles (AVOs) and LC3-II, a marker of Atg5/atg7 dependent autophagy. Further, the authors found that treatment with autophagy induced by apigenin play a tumor protective role in apigenin-caused cytotoxicity [27]. Similarly, in human colon cancer HCT116 cells, Lee et al., [29] proved that apigenin concomitantly caused apoptosis and autophagy and autophagy played a cell protective role in apigenin-induced cell apoptosis as well [30].

Beclin-1 regulates the dynamic autophagy process via the formation of auto phagosomes [31,32]. Beclin-1 is frequently downregulated in many types of cancers, including solid Ehrlich carcinoma. Gaballah et al., [33] found that combining 5-FU with apigenin significantly increased Beclin-1 compared with the vehicle-treated control mice [33]. In addition, showed that apigenin treatment induced autophagy in macrophages as evidenced by upregulation of Beclin 1, Atg5, Atg7 and the appearance of LC3-II and autophagy inhibition by 3-MA pretreatment significantly increased apigenin-induced apoptosis, further demonstrating that the autophagy triggered by apigenin protected macrophages from apigenin-induced cytotoxicity [34]. In contrast, in human papillary thyroid carcinoma BCPAP cells, apigenin exposure resulted in autophagic cell death associated with p62 degradation and Beclin-1 accumulation and LC3 protein conversion. Interestingly, co-treatment with 3-MA significantly protected apigenin-induced cytotoxicity, indicating that apigenin-induced autophagy here is more likely to be a tumor suppressor.

Together, the role of autophagy in apigenin induced cytotoxicity depends on cancer cell types. In most reports, the apigenin-triggered autophagy functions to mediate the acquired resistance of cancer cells against cell apoptosis, evidenced as enhanced cell apoptosis induced by apigenin when in co treatment with autophagy inhibitors. Under this circumstance, the autophagy plays cyto-protective roles in apigenin-induced cytotoxicity in cancer cells. In contrast, autophagy acts as an executioner by inducing autophagic cell death in human papillary thyroid carcinoma BCPAP cells.

APIGENIN IN CANCER THERAPY

Carcinogenesis is a multistage process and involves a series of genetic and epigenetic changes that lead to the initiation, promotion and progression of cancer. The strategies to treat cancer are to eliminate tumor cells by triggering cell apoptosis or to inhibit cancer cell proliferation by inducing cell cycle arrest, thereby making cancer a chronic disease and prolonging the survival of patients. Current strategies include the induction of apoptosis or autophagy, regulation of the cell cycle, inhibition of tumor cell migration and invasion, and stimulation of the immune response of patients. Thus far, apigenin has demonstrated all these anti-tumor activities with different tumor type’s in-vitro and in-vivo those anti-cancer effects of apigenin and the underlying signaling pathways (Figure 4 and Table 2) [35].
 
 
Figure 4: Signaling pathway of apigenin: ? represents suppression of effects, ? represents Induction, ↑ represents upregulation, ↓ represents downregulation of molecular pathways.
 
 

Tumor Type

Cell Lines (concentration)

Mice (dosages)

Therapeutic Effects

Mechanisms

Citations

Colorectal cancer

SW480 (40 μM)

 

Inhibited proliferation, invasion and migration

Inhibited Wnt/β-catenin signaling

[36]

HCT116 (25 μM)

 

Inhibited proliferation; autophagy; apoptosis

Suppressed the expression of cyclin B1, Cdc2 and Cdc25c; induced PARP cleavage; induced LC3-II

[21]

DLD1 and SW480 (40 μM)

20 mg/kg (athymic nude mice, intraperitoneally)

Inhibited proliferation, invasion and migration

Attenuated NEDD9; reduced phosphorylations of FAK, Src, and Akt

[37]

SW480, DLD-1, and LS174T (40 μM)

50 mg/kg (BALB/c-nude mice, orthotopically implanted)

Inhibited proliferation, invasion and migration

Up-regulated TAGLN; down-regulated MMP-9 expression; decreasing phosphorylation of Akt

[38]

Breast cancer

BT-474 (40 μM)

 

Inhibited cell proliferation; apoptosis

Reduced the p-JAK1, p-JAK2 and p-STAT3; up-regulated the levels of cleaved caspase-8, cleaved caspase-3 and the cleavage of PARP

[20]

MDA-MD-231 (40 μM)

5, 25 mg/kg (BALB/c-nude mice, orthotopically injected)

Cell cycle arrest

Suppressed cyclin A, cyclin B, and CDK1; upregulated p21WAF1/CIP1; inhibited HDAC activity; induced histone H3 acetylation

[39]

MDA-MB-231 and T47D (40 μM)

 

Inhibited cell proliferation; apoptosis

Increased levels of caspase3, PARP cleavage and Bax/Bcl-2 ratios

[27]

MDA-MB-468 and 4T1 (30 μM)

 

Enhanced the immune responses

Inhibited IFN-γ-induced PD-L1 expression; inhibited STAT1

[40]

SKBR3 (40 μM)

 

Apoptosis

Reduced the expression of p-JAK2 and p-STAT3; inhibited VEGF

[19]

MDA-MB-453 (60 μM)

 

Inhibited cell proliferation; apoptosis

Up-regulated caspase-8, caspase-3 and the cleavage of PARP; inactivation of JAK2 and STAT3

[29]

Lung cancer

H1299 and H460 (20 μM)

 

Inhibited cell proliferation; apoptosis

Suppressed GLUT1

[29]

A549 (40 μM)

 

Inhibited cell proliferation, migration, invasion

Decreased the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway

[41]

Prostate cancer

LNCaP (20 μM)

 

Inhibited cell proliferation; apoptosis

Decreased cyclin D1, D2 and E; upregulated WAF1/p21

[42]

PC-3 and DU145 (20 μM)

20, 50 μg/mouse/day (athymic nude mice, oral gavage)

Cell cycle arret; apoptosis

Suppression of XIAP, c-IAP1, c-IAP2 and survivin; decreased Bcl-xL and Bcl-2 and increase in Bax protein

[16]

DU145 (20 μM)

 

Inhibited migration and invasion; cell cycle arrest

Increased E-cadherin; decreased snail and vimentin

[43]

 

20 and 50 μg/mouse/day (TRAMP mice, oral gavage)

Inhibited tumorigenesis

Inhibited IKK activation and restored the expression of IκBα

[44]

PC-3 and 22Rv1 (20 μM)

20 and 50 μg/mouse/day (athymic nude mice, oral gavage)

Inhibited cell proliferation, invasivion

Inactivation of IKKα; suppressed NF-?B/p65 activation

[45]

PC3-M and LNCaP C4-2B (25 μM)

 

Inhibited cell proliferation and metastases

Inhibited the Smad2/3 and Src/FAK/Akt pathways

[46]

PC3 (25 μM)

 

Apoptosis; cell cycle arrest; suppressed stem cell migration

Increased p21 and p27; upregulated caspases-8, -3 and TNF-α; downregulation of PI3K/Akt and NF-κB signaling

[47]

Melanoma

A375, C8161 (40 μM)

 

Inhibited proliferation and invasion; apoptosis; cell cycle arrest

Activation of cleaved caspase-3 and cleaved PARP; decreased ERK1/2 proteins, p-AKT and p-Mtor

[48]

A2058, A375 (20 μM)

 

Inhibited metastasis

Inhibited the phosphorylation of FAK/ERK1/2

[49]

A375, G361 (20 μM)

150 mg/kg (C57BL/6 mice, oral gavage)

Inhibited metastasis

Suppressed STAT3 phosphorylation; down-regulated MMP-2, MMP-9, VEGF and Twist1

[50]

Leukemia

HL60 (60 μM)

 

Apoptosis

Activation of caspase-9 and caspase-3

[17]

HL60 (50 μM); TF1 (30 μM)

 

Cell cycle arrest

Inhibited JAK/STAT pathway

[51]

U937 (40 μM)

20, 40 mg/kg (athymic nude mice, intraperitoneally)

Apoptosis

Inactivation of Akt; activation of JNK; downregulated Mcl-1 and Bcl-2

[52]

Ovarian cancer

A2780 (20, 40 μM)

5 mg/kg (BALB/c nude mice, intraperitoneally)

Inhibited adhesion, migration and invasion

Inhibited FAK expression

[53]

SKOV3 (20, 40 μM)

 

Inhibited the self-renewal capacity

Downregulated Gli1; inhibition of CK2α

[54]

Glioblastoma

GL-15 (50 μM)

 

Inhibited angiogenic

Reduced TGF-b1 production

[55]

U87MG and U373MG (25 μM)

 

Inhibited self-renewal capacity

Blocked the activation of c-Met signaling

[56]

Renal cell carcinoma

ACHN, 786-0, and Caki-1 (20 μM)

30 mg/kg (BALB/c-nude mice intraperitoneally)

Cell cycle arrest

p53 accumulation; modulated ATM signalling

[57]

Adenoid cystic carcinoma

ACC-2 (40 μM)

 

Inhibited proliferation; apoptosis

Suppressed the expression of GLUT-1

[58]

Papillary thyroid carcinoma

BCPAP (25 μM)

 

Cell cycle arrest; autophagy

Down-regulation of Cdc25C expression

[59]

Oral squamous cell carcinoma

SCC-25, HaCaT (100 μM)

 

Inhibited proliferation; apoptosis

Decreased expression of cyclin D-1 and E; inactivation of CDK1

[60]

Pancreatic cancer

Murine Panc02 (20 μM)

25 mg/kg (female C57BL/6N mice, intraperitoneally)

Maintain T cell homeostasis

Stabilizing Ikaros expression

[61]

Mesothelioma

Malignant mesothelioma (MM) cells (50 μM)

20 mg/kg (C57BL/6 mice, oral gavage)

Apoptosis

Inhibited AKT and c-Jun phosphorylation, and inhibited NF-κB nuclear translocation

[62]

Osteosarcoma

U2OS and MG63 (50 μg/ml)

 

Inhibited proliferation and invasion

Inactivated Wnt/β-catenin signaling

[63]

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

HSC-3, HN-8, and HN- 30 (40 μM)

 

Suppressed cancer stem cell marker expression

Downregulated the stem cell markers of CD44,NANOG, and CD105, and abolished the hypoxia-induced increase

[64]

Cervical cancer

HeLa (40 μM)

 

Inhibited cell self-renewal capacity

Downregulation of CK2α expression

[65]

Table 2: Effects of Apigenin Treatment on Cancer Cells.

CONCLUSION

Recent studies considerably support the notion that a diet rich in chamomile plant flavones is associated with a number of health benefits, including a reduction of the risk of developing certain cancers. Integration of dietary modification rich in chamomile flavones might be a comprehensive chemo preventive strategy for the high-risk individual that may have an impact in the neoplastic transformation. Since apigenin is one of the most bioactive plant flavones and is widely distributed in common fruits, beverages and vegetables, its consumption through diet is highly recommended. Based on the studies provided apigenin affects several critical pathways and /or targets which are associated with several health disorders including cancer. Further research is required before apigenin could be brought to the clinical trials. In addition, apigenin has been demonstrated to help in improving cardiovascular conditions, stimulate the immune system and provide some protection against cancer. Establishing whether or not therapeutic effects of apigenin are beneficial to patients will require research and generation of scientific evidence. However, based on the above highlighted findings apigenin has potential for further investigation and development and development as a cancer chemo preventive and/or therapeutic agent.

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