Nimbolide / ROS Cancer Research Results

Nimb, Nimbolide: Click to Expand ⟱
Features:
Nimbolide is a compound found in the neem tree (Azadirachta indica) and has been studied for its potential anti-cancer properties. nimbolide is a neem-derived tetranortriterpenoid limonoid from Azadirachta indica.

Research has shown that nimbolide has anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic effects on various types of cancer cells, including breast, lung, colon, and prostate cancer cells. It has also been shown to inhibit the growth of cancer cells by inducing cell cycle arrest and apoptosis (programmed cell death).

Some of the ways in which nimbolide may help to prevent or treat cancer include:
-Inhibiting the activity of certain enzymes that are involved in cancer cell growth and survival
-Inducing the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that can damage cancer cells
-Inhibiting the formation of new blood vessels that are needed to support the growth of cancer cells
-Enhancing the effectiveness of chemotherapy and radiation therapy

Nimbolide — Nimbolide is a neem-derived tetranortriterpenoid limonoid from Azadirachta indica with preclinical anticancer activity across multiple tumor models. It is best classified as a small-molecule plant limonoid / electrophilic triterpenoid natural product rather than as “neem oil” or whole neem extract. Standard abbreviation is NB or NL. aliases: “neem limonoids,” “neem extract,” and “Azadirachta indica limonoids”

Primary mechanisms (ranked):

  1. Covalent modulation of the ubiquitin-proteasome axis, especially RNF114-dependent substrate recognition and p21 stabilization.
  2. Mitochondrial oxidative stress induction through ROS elevation and SOD2 suppression in susceptible cancer cells.
  3. Apoptosis activation through caspase signaling, mitochondrial stress, and survival-pathway suppression.
  4. STAT3 and NF-κB pathway inhibition, reducing inflammatory survival signaling, proliferation, invasion, and anti-apoptotic transcription.
  5. EMT, migration, invasion, angiogenesis, and metastasis suppression in preclinical models.
  6. Autophagy modulation, including inhibition of cytoprotective autophagy in some tumor contexts.
  7. DNA damage response leverage, including RNF114-linked PARP1 trapping and reported synthetic-lethality relevance in BRCA-mutated models.

Bioavailability / PK relevance: Nimbolide is hydrophobic and poorly water-soluble, so systemic translation is constrained by formulation, solubility, exposure, metabolism, and tissue delivery. Nanoparticle and carrier-based formulations are being explored preclinically to improve delivery and anticancer exposure.

In-vitro vs systemic exposure relevance: Most anticancer findings use purified nimbolide in cell culture or animal models; direct equivalence to oral neem preparations is not established. Common in-vitro low-micromolar activity should not be assumed achievable with dietary or crude neem exposure. Whole neem oil or extract is chemically heterogeneous and may not deliver predictable nimbolide exposure.

Clinical evidence status: Preclinical. Evidence is strong enough for a database entry as a mechanistically interesting anticancer natural product, but not as a clinically validated anticancer therapy. No approved oncology indication or clear nimbolide-specific cancer trial status was identified; clinical use should be treated as unsupported outside research contexts.

Nimbolide Cancer Mechanism Table

Rank Pathway / Axis Cancer Cells Normal Cells TSF Primary Effect Notes / Interpretation
1 RNF114 ubiquitin ligase axis RNF114 substrate recognition ↓; p21 stabilization ↑; proliferation ↓ Likely context-dependent; selectivity depends on dependency on RNF114-regulated substrates R/G Cell-cycle suppression and targeted-protein-degradation relevance High mechanistic importance because nimbolide has a defined electrophilic target interaction and can be used as a covalent recruiter scaffold.
2 Mitochondrial ROS and SOD2 ROS ↑; SOD2 ↓; mitochondrial stress ↑; apoptosis ↑ Potential oxidative-stress risk at sufficient exposure; selectivity is model-dependent R/G Oxidative apoptosis and metastasis suppression Core in pancreatic cancer models; may be especially relevant where tumor cells depend on antioxidant buffering.
3 Apoptosis and caspase activation Caspase 3 ↑; caspase 8 ↑; caspase 9 ↑; survival ↓ Lower effect reported in some normal-cell comparisons, but not universally established G Programmed cell death induction Central downstream phenotype across many cancer models.
4 STAT3 inflammatory survival signaling STAT3 phosphorylation ↓; anti-apoptotic transcription ↓; invasion ↓ Could suppress normal inflammatory or repair signaling if systemic exposure is high R/G Reduced proliferation, survival, and metastatic signaling Important in prostate and pancreatic cancer contexts; likely intersects with ROS and NF-κB effects.
5 NF-κB and Wnt beta catenin NF-κB activation ↓; IκB degradation ↓; Wnt beta catenin signaling ↓ Potential immune and epithelial-homeostasis effects are context-dependent R/G Anti-inflammatory, anti-survival, and anti-proliferative signaling Broadly reported in neem/nimbolide literature, but pathway dominance varies by tumor model.
6 Autophagy survival axis Cytoprotective autophagy ↓; apoptosis ↑ Autophagy effects may be protective or harmful depending on tissue stress state G Removal of tumor stress-adaptation capacity Secondary but therapeutically relevant where autophagy supports tumor survival.
7 EMT migration invasion metastasis EMT markers ↓; migration ↓; invasion ↓; metastatic traits ↓ Could affect normal wound-healing pathways at sufficient exposure G Anti-metastatic phenotype Strong preclinical relevance; not yet clinically validated.
8 Angiogenesis Pro-angiogenic signaling ↓ Physiologic angiogenesis may be affected in repair contexts G Reduced tumor vascular support Best treated as secondary/contextual unless a specific cancer model demonstrates angiogenesis as the dominant effect.
9 PARP1 trapping and BRCA synthetic lethality PARP1 trapping ↑; BRCA-mutated vulnerability ↑ DNA repair stress possible in proliferating normal cells R/G DNA-repair vulnerability exploitation Mechanistically interesting and industry-relevant, but narrower than the general ROS and ubiquitin-ligase mechanisms.
10 Clinical Translation Constraint In-vitro potency does not guarantee tumor exposure; formulation-dependent activity Safety margin uncertain for systemic use; crude neem products are not equivalent to purified nimbolide G Limits clinical interpretation Major constraints are poor solubility, uncertain human PK, lack of oncology trials, botanical heterogeneity, and neem toxicity concerns.

P: 0–30 min R: 30 min–3 hr G: >3 hr
ROS, Reactive Oxygen Species: Click to Expand ⟱
Source: HalifaxProj (inhibit)
Type:
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are highly reactive molecules that contain oxygen and can lead to oxidative stress in cells. They play a dual role in cancer biology, acting as both promoters and suppressors of cancer.
ROS can cause oxidative damage to DNA, leading to mutations that may contribute to cancer initiation and progression. So normally you want to inhibit ROS to prevent cell mutations.
However excessive ROS can induce apoptosis (programmed cell death) in cancer cells, potentially limiting tumor growth. Chemotherapy typically raises ROS.
-mitochondria is the main source of reactive oxygen species (ROS) (and the ETC is heavily related)

"Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are two electron reduction products of oxygen, including superoxide anion, hydrogen peroxide, hydroxyl radical, lipid peroxides, protein peroxides and peroxides formed in nucleic acids 1. They are maintained in a dynamic balance by a series of reduction-oxidation (redox) reactions in biological systems and act as signaling molecules to drive cellular regulatory pathways."
"During different stages of cancer formation, abnormal ROS levels play paradoxical roles in cell growth and death 8. A physiological concentration of ROS that maintained in equilibrium is necessary for normal cell survival. Ectopic ROS accumulation promotes cell proliferation and consequently induces malignant transformation of normal cells by initiating pathological conversion of physiological signaling networks. Excessive ROS levels lead to cell death by damaging cellular components, including proteins, lipid bilayers, and chromosomes. Therefore, both scavenging abnormally elevated ROS to prevent early neoplasia and facilitating ROS production to specifically kill cancer cells are promising anticancer therapeutic strategies, in spite of their contradictoriness and complexity."
"ROS are the collection of derivatives of molecular oxygen that occur in biology, which can be categorized into two types, free radicals and non-radical species. The non-radical species are hydrogen peroxide (H 2O 2 ), organic hydroperoxides (ROOH), singlet molecular oxygen ( 1 O 2 ), electronically excited carbonyl, ozone (O3 ), hypochlorous acid (HOCl, and hypobromous acid HOBr). Free radical species are super-oxide anion radical (O 2•−), hydroxyl radical (•OH), peroxyl radical (ROO•) and alkoxyl radical (RO•) [130]. Any imbalance of ROS can lead to adverse effects. H2 O 2 and O 2 •− are the main redox signalling agents. The cellular concentration of H2 O 2 is about 10−8 M, which is almost a thousand times more than that of O2 •−".
"Radicals are molecules with an odd number of electrons in the outer shell [393,394]. A pair of radicals can be formed by breaking a chemical bond or electron transfer between two molecules."

Recent investigations have documented that polyphenols with good antioxidant activity may exhibit pro-oxidant activity in the presence of copper ions, which can induce apoptosis in various cancer cell lines but not in normal cells. "We have shown that such cell growth inhibition by polyphenols in cancer cells is reversed by copper-specific sequestering agent neocuproine to a significant extent whereas iron and zinc chelators are relatively ineffective, thus confirming the role of endogenous copper in the cytotoxic action of polyphenols against cancer cells. Therefore, this mechanism of mobilization of endogenous copper." > Ions could be one of the important mechanisms for the cytotoxic action of plant polyphenols against cancer cells and is possibly a common mechanism for all plant polyphenols. In fact, similar results obtained with four different polyphenolic compounds in this study, namely apigenin, luteolin, EGCG, and resveratrol, strengthen this idea.
Interestingly, the normal breast epithelial MCF10A cells have earlier been shown to possess no detectable copper as opposed to breast cancer cells [24], which may explain their resistance to polyphenols apigenin- and luteolin-induced growth inhibition as observed here (Fig. 1). We have earlier proposed [25] that this preferential cytotoxicity of plant polyphenols toward cancer cells is explained by the observation made several years earlier, which showed that copper levels in cancer cells are significantly elevated in various malignancies. Thus, because of higher intracellular copper levels in cancer cells, it may be predicted that the cytotoxic concentrations of polyphenols required would be lower in these cells as compared to normal cells."

Majority of ROS are produced as a by-product of oxidative phosphorylation, high levels of ROS are detected in almost all cancers.
-It is well established that during ER stress, cytosolic calcium released from the ER is taken up by the mitochondrion to stimulate ROS overgeneration and the release of cytochrome c, both of which lead to apoptosis.

Note: Products that may raise ROS can be found using this database, by:
Filtering on the target of ROS, and selecting the Effect Direction of ↑

Targets to raise ROS (to kill cancer cells):
• NADPH oxidases (NOX): NOX enzymes are involved in the production of ROS.
    -Targeting NOX enzymes can increase ROS levels and induce cancer cell death.
    -eNOX2 inhibition leads to a high NADH/NAD⁺ ratio which can lead to increased ROS
• Mitochondrial complex I: Inhibiting can increase ROS production
• P53: Activating p53 can increase ROS levels(by inducing the expression of pro-oxidant genes)
• Nrf2 inhibition: regulates the expression of antioxidant genes. Inhibiting Nrf2 can increase ROS levels
• Glutathione (GSH): an antioxidant. Depleting GSH can increase ROS levels
• Catalase: Catalase converts H2O2 into H2O+O. Inhibiting catalase can increase ROS levels
• SOD1: converts superoxide into hydrogen peroxide. Inhibiting SOD1 can increase ROS levels
• PI3K/AKT pathway: regulates cell survival and metabolism. Inhibiting can increase ROS levels
• HIF-1α inhibition: regulates genes involved in metabolism and angiogenesis. Inhibiting HIF-1α can increase ROS
• Glycolysis: Inhibiting glycolysis can increase ROS levels • Fatty acid oxidation: Cancer cells often rely on fatty acid oxidation for energy production.
-Inhibiting fatty acid oxidation can increase ROS levels
• ER stress: Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress can increase ROS levels
• Autophagy: process by which cells recycle damaged organelles and proteins.
-Inhibiting autophagy can increase ROS levels and induce cancer cell death.
• KEAP1/Nrf2 pathway: regulates the expression of antioxidant genes.
    -Inhibiting KEAP1 or activating Nrf2 can increase ROS levels and induce cancer cell death.
• DJ-1: regulates the expression of antioxidant genes. Inhibiting DJ-1 can increase ROS levels
• PARK2: regulates the expression of antioxidant genes. Inhibiting PARK2 can increase ROS levels
• SIRT1 inhibition:regulates the expression of antioxidant genes. Inhibiting SIRT1 can increase ROS levels
• AMPK activation: regulates energy metabolism and can increase ROS levels when activated.
• mTOR inhibition: regulates cell growth and metabolism. Inhibiting mTOR can increase ROS levels
• HSP90 inhibition: regulates protein folding and can increase ROS levels when inhibited.
• Proteasome: degrades damaged proteins. Inhibiting the proteasome can increase ROS levels
• Lipid peroxidation: a process by which lipids are oxidized, leading to the production of ROS.
    -Increasing lipid peroxidation can increase ROS levels
• Ferroptosis: form of cell death that is regulated by iron and lipid peroxidation.
    -Increasing ferroptosis can increase ROS levels
• Mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP): regulates mitochondrial permeability.
    -Opening the mPTP can increase ROS levels
• BCL-2 family proteins: regulate apoptosis and can increase ROS levels when inhibited.
• Caspase-independent cell death: a form of cell death that is regulated by ROS.
    -Increasing caspase-independent cell death can increase ROS levels
• DNA damage response: regulates the repair of DNA damage. Increasing DNA damage can increase ROS
• Epigenetic regulation: process by which gene expression is regulated.
    -Increasing epigenetic regulation can increase ROS levels

-PKM2, but not PKM1, can be inhibited by direct oxidation of cysteine 358 as an adaptive response to increased intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS)

ProOxidant Strategy:(inhibit the Mevalonate Pathway (likely will also inhibit GPx)
-HydroxyCitrate (HCA) found as supplement online and typically used in a dose of about 1.5g/day or more
-Atorvastatin typically 40-80mg/day, -Dipyridamole typically 200mg 2x/day Combined effect research
-Lycopene typically 100mg/day range (note debatable as it mainly lowers NRF2)

Dual Role of Reactive Oxygen Species and their Application in Cancer Therapy 
ROS-Inducing Interventions in Cancer — Canonical + Mechanistic Reference
-generated from AI and Cancer database
ROS rating:  +++ strong | ++ moderate | + weak | ± mixed | 0 none
NRF2:        ↓ suppressed | ↑ activated | ± mixed | 0 none
Conditions:  [D] dose  [Fe] metal  [M] metabolic  [O₂] oxygen
             [L] light [F] formulation [T] tumor-type [C] combination




Item ROS↑ NRF2 Condition Mechanism Class Remarks 



ROS">Piperlongumine
+++ ↓ [D][T] ROS-dominant






ROS">Shikonin
+++↓/±[D][T]ROS-dominant






ROS">Vitamin K3 (menadione)
+++↓[D]ROS-dominant






ROS">Copper (ionic / nano)
+++↓[Fe][F]ROS-dominant






ROS">Sodium Selenite
+++↓[D]ROS-dominant






ROS">Juglone
+++↓[D]ROS-dominant






ROS">Auranofin
+++↓[D]ROS-dominant






ROS">Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
+++0[L][O₂]ROS-dominant






ROS">Radiotherapy / Radiation
+++0[O₂]ROS-dominant






ROS">Doxorubicin
+++↓[D]ROS-dominant






ROS">Cisplatin
++↓[D][T]ROS-dominant






ROS">Salinomycin
++↓[D][T]ROS-dominant






ROS">Artemisinin / DHA
++↓[Fe][T]ROS-dominant






ROS">Sulfasalazine
++↓[C][T]ROS-dominant






ROS">FMD / fasting
++↓[M][C][O₂]ROS-dominant






ROS">Vitamin C (pharmacologic)
++↓[Fe][D]ROS-dominant






ROS">Silver nanoparticles
++±[F][D]ROS-dominant






ROS">Gambogic acid
++↓[D][T]ROS-dominant






ROS">Parthenolide
++↓[D][T]ROS-dominant






ROS">Plumbagin
++↓[D]ROS-dominant






ROS">Allicin
++↓[D]ROS-dominant






ROS">Ashwagandha (Withaferin A)
++↓[D][T]ROS-dominant






ROS">Berberine
++↓[D][M]ROS-dominant






ROS">PEITC
++↓[D][C]ROS-dominant






ROS">Methionine restriction
+↓[M][C][T]ROS-secondary






ROS">DCA
+±[M][T]ROS-secondary






ROS">Capsaicin
+±[D][T]ROS-secondary






ROS">Galloflavin
+0[D]ROS-secondary






ROS">Piperine
+±[D][F]ROS-secondary






ROS">Propyl gallate
+↓[D]ROS-secondary






ROS">Scoulerine
+?[D][T]ROS-secondary






ROS">Thymoquinone
±±[D][T]Dual redox






ROS">Emodin
±±[D][T]Dual redox






ROS">Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA)
±↑[D][M]NRF2-dominant






ROS">Curcumin
±↑/↓[D][F]NRF2-dominant






ROS">EGCG
±↑/↓[D][O₂]NRF2-dominant






ROS">Quercetin
±↑/↓[D][Fe]NRF2-dominant






ROS">Resveratrol
±↑[D][M]NRF2-dominant






ROS">Sulforaphane
±↑↑[D]NRF2-dominant






ROS">Lycopene
0↑—Antioxidant






ROS">Rosmarinic acid
0↑—Antioxidant






ROS">Citrate
00—Neutral


Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
6492- Nimb,    Review on Molecular and Chemopreventive Potential of Nimbolide in Cancer
- Review, NA, NA
Apoptosis↑, TumCCA↑, TumCP↓, TumCI↓, angioG↓, TumMeta↓, PTEN↑, NF-kB↓, Wnt↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, IKKα↓, CXCR2↓, CXCR4↓, Bcl-2↓, COX2↓, MMP9↓, VEGF↓, TIMP2↑, chemoPv↑, ROS↑, DR4↑, P53↑, BAX↑, Casp3↑, Casp8↑, Casp9↑, cl‑PARP↑, Mcl-1↓, XIAP↓, survivin↓, FasL↑, FADD↑, EGFR↓, MMPs↓,
6489- Nimb,    Nimbolide-Induced Oxidative Stress Abrogates STAT3 Signaling Cascade and Inhibits Tumor Growth in Transgenic Adenocarcinoma of Mouse Prostate Model
- in-vivo, Pca, DU145 - in-vivo, Pca, LNCaP
tumCV↓, Apoptosis↑, TumCI↓, TumCMig↓, STAT3↓, ROS↑, TumCG↓, TumMeta↓, TumCCA↑, DNAdam↑, Casp3↑, Casp7↑, cl‑PARP↑, p‑STAT3↓, IL6↓, GSR↓,
6487- Nimb,    Anticancer properties of nimbolide and pharmacokinetic considerations to accelerate its development
- Review, Var, NA
TumCP↓, Apoptosis↓, TumMeta↑, angioG↓, *antiOx↑, *eff↑, Apoptosis↑, MOMP↑, CDK1↓, TumCCA↑, MAPK↓, JAK2↓, STAT3↓, PI3K↓, Akt↓, TumCP↓, *NRF2↑, NF-kB↓, GSK‐3β↑, Wnt↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, chemoPv↑, Bcl-xL↓, Bcl-2↓, survivin↓, Cyt‑c↑, BAX↑, BID↑, cl‑Casp↑, P53↑, DR5↑, DR4↑, ROS↑, lipid-P↑, MDA↑, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, uPA↓, ICAM-1↓, CXCR4↓, CXCR2↓, angioG↓, BBB↑,
6486- Nimb,    Nimbolide: promising agent for prevention and treatment of chronic diseases
- Review, Var, NA - Review, AD, NA
*other↝, *Inflam↓, AntiCan↑, *Bacteria↓, *AntiViral↑, *neuroP↑, *hepatoP↑, *ROS?, *NRF2↑, *HO-1↑, *TLR4↓, *NF-kB↓, *AChE↓, *Aβ↓, *GSK‐3β↓, *LDL↓, *DNAdam↓, *lipid-P↓, *antiOx↑, *SOD1↑, *GSH↑, *IL6↓, *IL1β↓, *STAT3↓, *GPx↑, *Catalase↑, *MDA↓, *AntiDiabetic↑, *HDL↓, *MCP1↓, *VEGF↓, *MMP9↓, *GutMicro↑, TumCP↓, TumCCA↑, TumCMig↓, NF-kB↓, ROS↑, PI3K↓, Akt↓, mTOR↓, ERK↓, EMT↓, TumMeta↓, ChemoSen↑, eff↑, selectivity↑, CDK4↓, CDK6↓, Wnt↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, STAT3↓, MMP2↓, Sp1/3/4↓, AP-1↓, P21↑, *AntiArt↑, *IL23↓, *IL17↓, *IFN-γ↓, *HSP70/HSPA5↓,
946- Nimb,    Nimbolide retards T cell lymphoma progression by altering apoptosis, glucose metabolism, pH regulation, and ROS homeostasis
- in-vivo, NA, NA
Apoptosis↑, Bcl-2↓, P53↑, cl‑Casp3↑, Cyt‑c↑, ROS↑, SOD↓, Catalase↓, Glycolysis↓, GLUT3↓, LDHA↓, MCT1↓, NHE1↓, ATPase↓, CAIX↓,
4977- Nimb,    Nimbolide Inhibits SOD2 to Control Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Growth and Metastasis
- vitro+vivo, PC, AsPC-1 - in-vitro, PC, PANC1
SOD2↑, TumCG↓, TumMeta↓, ROS↑, Apoptosis↑, PI3K↓, Akt↓, EMT↓, BAX↑, cl‑Casp3↑, cl‑Casp8↑, cl‑PARP↑, Bcl-2↓,
4976- Nimb,    Nimbolide inhibits pancreatic cancer growth and metastasis through ROS-mediated apoptosis and inhibition of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
- vitro+vivo, PC, NA
ROS↑, Apoptosis↑, TumAuto↑, TumCP↓, TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, EMT↓, Dose↓, selectivity↑, Akt↓, eff↓, BAX↑, cl‑Casp3↑, cl‑PARP↑, Bcl-2↓,
4975- Nimb,    Nimbolide Induces Cell Apoptosis via Mediating ER Stress-Regulated Apoptotic Signaling in Human Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- in-vitro, Oral, NA
Apoptosis↑, ROS↑, Ca+2↑, ER Stress↑, Casp↑, MMP↓, tumCV↓,
4974- Nimb,    Nimbolide Induces ROS-Regulated Apoptosis and Inhibits Cell Migration in Osteosarcoma
- in-vitro, OS, NA
Apoptosis↑, ER Stress↑, mtDam↑, ROS↑, Casp↑, TumCMig↓, TumMeta↓,
4973- Nimb,    Nimbolide Exhibits Potent Anticancer Activity Through ROS-Mediated ER Stress and DNA Damage in Human Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Cells
- in-vitro, NSCLC, A549
tumCV↓, ROS↑, ER Stress↑, DNAdam↑, Apoptosis↑, eff↓,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 10 of 10

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 10

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

Catalase↓, 1,   GSR↓, 1,   lipid-P↑, 1,   MDA↑, 1,   ROS↑, 10,   SOD↓, 1,   SOD2↑, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

MMP↓, 1,   mtDam↑, 1,   XIAP↓, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

CAIX↓, 1,   Glycolysis↓, 1,   LDHA↓, 1,  

Cell Death ⓘ

Akt↓, 4,   Apoptosis↓, 1,   Apoptosis↑, 9,   BAX↑, 4,   Bcl-2↓, 5,   Bcl-xL↓, 1,   BID↑, 1,   Casp↑, 2,   cl‑Casp↑, 1,   Casp3↑, 2,   cl‑Casp3↑, 3,   Casp7↑, 1,   Casp8↑, 1,   cl‑Casp8↑, 1,   Casp9↑, 1,   Cyt‑c↑, 2,   DR4↑, 2,   DR5↑, 1,   FADD↑, 1,   FasL↑, 1,   MAPK↓, 1,   Mcl-1↓, 1,   MCT1↓, 1,   MOMP↑, 1,   survivin↓, 2,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction ⓘ

Sp1/3/4↓, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics ⓘ

tumCV↓, 3,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress ⓘ

ER Stress↑, 3,  

Autophagy & Lysosomes ⓘ

TumAuto↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

DNAdam↑, 2,   P53↑, 3,   cl‑PARP↑, 4,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

CDK1↓, 1,   CDK4↓, 1,   P21↑, 1,   TumCCA↑, 4,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

EMT↓, 3,   ERK↓, 1,   GSK‐3β↑, 1,   mTOR↓, 1,   PI3K↓, 3,   PTEN↑, 1,   STAT3↓, 3,   p‑STAT3↓, 1,   TumCG↓, 2,   Wnt↓, 3,  

Migration ⓘ

AP-1↓, 1,   ATPase↓, 1,   Ca+2↑, 1,   MMP2↓, 2,   MMP9↓, 2,   MMPs↓, 1,   TIMP2↑, 1,   TumCI↓, 3,   TumCMig↓, 4,   TumCP↓, 5,   TumMeta↓, 5,   TumMeta↑, 1,   uPA↓, 1,   β-catenin/ZEB1↓, 3,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

angioG↓, 3,   EGFR↓, 1,   VEGF↓, 1,  

Barriers & Transport ⓘ

BBB↑, 1,   GLUT3↓, 1,   NHE1↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

COX2↓, 1,   CXCR2↓, 2,   CXCR4↓, 2,   ICAM-1↓, 1,   IKKα↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   JAK2↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 3,  

Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors ⓘ

CDK6↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

ChemoSen↑, 1,   Dose↓, 1,   eff↓, 2,   eff↑, 1,   selectivity↑, 2,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

EGFR↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

AntiCan↑, 1,   chemoPv↑, 2,  
Total Targets: 97

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


NA, unassigned ⓘ

AntiArt↑, 1,  

Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

antiOx↑, 2,   Catalase↑, 1,   GPx↑, 1,   GSH↑, 1,   HDL↓, 1,   HO-1↑, 1,   lipid-P↓, 1,   MDA↓, 1,   NRF2↑, 2,   ROS?, 1,   SOD1↑, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

LDL↓, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics ⓘ

other↝, 1,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress ⓘ

HSP70/HSPA5↓, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

DNAdam↓, 1,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

GSK‐3β↓, 1,   STAT3↓, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

MMP9↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

VEGF↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

IFN-γ↓, 1,   IL17↓, 1,   IL1β↓, 1,   IL23↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   Inflam↓, 1,   MCP1↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 1,   TLR4↓, 1,  

Synaptic & Neurotransmission ⓘ

AChE↓, 1,  

Protein Aggregation ⓘ

Aβ↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

eff↑, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

GutMicro↑, 1,   IL6↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

AntiDiabetic↑, 1,   hepatoP↑, 1,   neuroP↑, 1,  

Infection & Microbiome ⓘ

AntiViral↑, 1,   Bacteria↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 39

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: ROS, Reactive Oxygen Species
10 Nimbolide
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Such Conditions may include : 
  -low or high Dose
  -format for product, such as nano of lipid formations
  -different cell line effects
  -synergies with other products 
  -if effect was for normal or cancerous cells

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