Mung Bean Sprouts / mTOR Cancer Research Results

MBS, Mung Bean Sprouts: Click to Expand ⟱
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Mung Bean Sprouts - Vigna radiata Sprouts

Alternative Names: Mung bean sprouts, green gram sprouts, Vigna radiata sprouts

Type: flavonoid-rich functional food

Source: Germinated seeds of Vigna radiata.

Active Constituents: Mung bean sprouts contain flavonoids including vitexin and isovitexin, phenolic acids, GABA, proteins, peptides, vitamins, minerals, and other antioxidant phytochemicals. Sprouting substantially alters the phytochemical and nutritional profile compared with unsprouted mung beans.

Function: Mung bean sprouts exhibit antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, metabolic, and cytoprotective effects. Sprouting can increase the availability of bioactive phenolic and flavonoid compounds and modify carbohydrate, protein, and antinutritional components. Reported biological effects include modulation of oxidative stress, inflammatory signaling, glucose and lipid metabolism, and cellular stress responses.

Cancer: Preclinical evidence suggests antiproliferative and antioxidant effects from mung bean sprout extracts and constituent flavonoids, including vitexin and isovitexin. Potential mechanisms include modulation of oxidative stress, inflammatory signaling, apoptosis, and cell proliferation. Direct clinical anticancer evidence for mung bean sprouts is not established.

Alzheimer's Disease: Evidence is limited and primarily indirect or preclinical. Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and metabolic effects of mung bean sprouts and their flavonoid constituents may be relevant to neuroprotection, but efficacy for Alzheimer's disease has not been established.

-"Phenolic acids in mung bean can be divided into hydroxycinnamic acids (p-coumaric, ferulic, sinapic, and caffeic acid), hydroxybenzoic acids (gallic, syringic, protocatechuic,vanillic, and gentisic acid), and caffeoylquinic acid isomer (chlorogenic acid)"
-"Flavonoids detected include flavones (vitexin, isovitexin, isovitexin-6″-O-α- L -glucoside, dulcinoside, and luteolin), flavonols (quercetin, myricetin, and kaempferol), and flavanols (catechin), and several mung bean flavonoids are also found in bound forms, such as quercetin, luteolin, and kaempferol."
-"The content of each phenolic compound in mung bean is greatly affected by the cultivars, the place where they grow, as well as the extraction and analytical methods. Generally, vitexin (12−300 mg/100 g) and isovitexin (3−532 mg/100 g) are usually the most abundant phenolic compounds detected, and are regarded as the major bioactive compounds in mung bean."
-"several polyphenols can only be detected in seed coat rather than cotyledon, including vitexin, isovitexin, vanillic acid, and catechin"


mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin: Click to Expand ⟱
Source: HalifaxProj (inhibit)
Type:
mTOR (mechanistic target of rapamycin) is a central regulator of cell growth, proliferation, metabolism, and survival. It is a serine/threonine kinase that integrates signals from nutrients, growth factors, and cellular energy status.
mTOR promotes protein synthesis and cell growth by activating downstream targets such as S6 kinase and 4E-BP1. In cancer, this pathway can become hyperactivated, leading to uncontrolled cell proliferation.

mTor Inhibitors:
-rapamycin (Sirolimus): classic natural product mTOR inhibitor
-Curcumin
-Resveratrol
-Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG)
-Honokiol


Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
7824- MBS,  IVT,  VT,    Neuroprotective Potential of Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L.) Polyphenols in Alzheimer's Disease: A Review
- Review, AD, NA - Review, Stroke, NA - Review, Park, NA
*neuroP↑, it was speculated that vitexin, isovitexin, sinapic acid, and ferulic acid might be the major bioactive compounds for mung bean-mediated neuroprotection.
*Aβ↓, inhibition of β-amyloidogenesis, tau hyperphosphorylation, oxidative stress, and neuroinflammation, and promotion of autophagy and acetylcholinesterase enzyme activity.
*p‑tau↓,
*ROS↓,
*Inflam↓,
*AChE↓, vitexin significantly inhibited the activity of AChE in vitro, with an IC 50 of 12.16 μM.
*BBB↑, Notably, considerable levels of vitexin and isovitexin were detected in the brain, indicating their ability to cross the blood brain barrier (BBB)
*memory↑, Another study showed that mung bean sprout possessed anti-Alzheimer potential as evidenced by the improved short-term and long-term memory as well as inhibited AChE activity and oxidative stress after administering mung bean sprout for 15 days in mic
*hepatoP↑, That is, except for neuroprotection, mung bean can also provide several other health benefits, such as hepatoprotection, immunomodulation, antihyperglycemia, antihyperlipidemia, antihypertension, and anticancer
*Imm↑,
*hyperG↓,
*AntiCan↑,
*eff↑, neuroprotective potential of seed coat extract might be much stronger than that of cotyledon extract.
*Stroke↓, Vitexin showed great activities in improving CNS-related diseases, including AD, ischemic stroke, and Parkinson’s disease.
*BACE/β-secretase↓, vitexin suppressed the production of Aβ through downregulating the activity of β-secretase (BACE-1) with an IC 50 of 51.07 μM in vitro
*PI3K↓, Isovitexin was found to inhibit the activation of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway, which might explain the molecular targets for isovitexin.
*Akt↓,
*mTOR↓,
*Dose↓, At the fifth day of sprouting, contents of vitexin and isovitexin decreased by 3.7 and 9.3 times, respectively


Showing Research Papers: 1 to 1 of 1

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 1

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Total Targets: 0

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress(tgid=1) ⓘ

hyperG↓, 1,   ROS↓, 1,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction(tgid=6) ⓘ

Akt↓, 1,   mTOR↓, 1,   PI3K↓, 1,  

Barriers & Transport(tgid=15) ⓘ

BBB↑, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling(tgid=16) ⓘ

Imm↑, 1,   Inflam↓, 1,  

Synaptic & Neurotransmission(tgid=18) ⓘ

AChE↓, 1,  

Protein Aggregation(tgid=19) ⓘ

Aβ↓, 1,   BACE/β-secretase↓, 1,   p‑tau↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance(tgid=21) ⓘ

Dose↓, 1,   eff↑, 1,  

Functional Outcomes(tgid=23) ⓘ

AntiCan↑, 1,   hepatoP↑, 1,   memory↑, 1,   neuroP↑, 1,   Stroke↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 19

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin
Query results interpretion may depend on "conditions" listed in the research papers.
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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