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Handbook of Research on Nanoemulsion Applications in Agriculture, Food, Health, and Biomedical Sciences
Anticancer is a term defined as suppressing or control to abnormal cellular growth. The management of cancer used various chemical, physical and surgical approaches. The worldwide research outcomes and findings indicated that the varieties of bioactive components, that will be potential resources for cancer management, etc.
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Mushroom-Derived Bioactive-Based Nanoemulsion: Current Status and Challenges for Cancer Therapy
Nagendra Kumar Chandrawanshi (Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, India), Deepali Koreti (Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, India), Anjali Kosre (Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, India), and Pramod Kumar Mahish (Government Digvijay Autonomous Post Graduate College, Rajnandgaon, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8378-4.ch016
Abstract
Cancer is a class of disorders that is characterized by the abnormal growth of cells in an uncontrolled manner. In cancer progression, tumor cells have become highly heterogeneous, and they create a mixed population of cells with different molecular characteristics. The mushroom bioactive compounds have a rich biological activity including immunomodulatory, anticarcinogenic, antiviral, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory, etc. Besides, conventional anticancer drugs and applied therapy have tremendous challenges and limitations such as poor solubility, narrow therapeutic window, cytotoxicity to normal tissues, etc., which may be the causes of treatment failure in cancer. A previous study reported mushroom bioactive compounds against cancer treatment. The chapter focuses on mushroom-derived bioactive compounds and possible implications in nanotechnology and, further, will be utilized for new advanced nanoemulsion techniques for the promising treatment of cancer.
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