Review

Review: In Vitro Study Revealed Sugar As Anticancer Constituent

Volume: 1 Number: 2 October 6, 2017
  • Muhammad Lokman Md Isa
  • Nuramalina Ramli
  • İsma Syahril Ismail
  • Munira Shahbuddin
  • Afzan Mat Yusof
  • Roszaman Ramli
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Review: In Vitro Study Revealed Sugar As Anticancer Constituent

Abstract

The majority of deaths among cancer patients are attributed to the metastatic spread of cancer cells to vital organs instead of primary tumor outgrowth. Plus, cancer therapeutics which focusing on conventional chemotherapy is often toxic not only to tumor cells but also to normal cells and caused their therapeutic use is limited. In this review, aberrant glycosylation is proposed to be a method of cancer diagnosis in order to identify cancer at its earliest and more treatable stage. Aberrant glycosylation is a universal feature of cancer cells. Glycosylation, the attachment of sugar moieties to protein, is a major form of post-translational modifi cation (PTM) that is observed in approximately half of all proteins. Certain glycan structures are well known markers for tumor progression and its availability and composition in the microenvironment may affect glycosylation of the cell. In order to understand the biological application of simple sugars as anticancer agents, it is vital to fundamentally investigate the relationship between simple sugars and cell proliferation using living cell lines in vitro. Various simple sugars have been studied previously in a number of cancer cell lines representing different evolutionary stages of cancer. It has been examined that there is a selective effect of individual simple sugars on the pattern of growth and metabolism of certain cell lines in tissue culture. The results from previous studies reported that certain simple sugars were able to alter the growth pattern and morphology of several cancer cell lines which indicate that sugars have antiproliferative effect on cancer cells.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Review

Authors

Nuramalina Ramli This is me
Malaysia

İsma Syahril Ismail This is me
Malaysia

Munira Shahbuddin This is me
Malaysia

Afzan Mat Yusof This is me
Malaysia

Roszaman Ramli This is me
Malaysia

Publication Date

October 6, 2017

Submission Date

October 10, 2017

Acceptance Date

August 22, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 1 Number: 2

APA
Lokman Md Isa, M., Ramli, N., Ismail, İ. S., Shahbuddin, M., Yusof, A. M., & Ramli, R. (2017). Review: In Vitro Study Revealed Sugar As Anticancer Constituent. Journal of Biotechnology and Strategic Health Research, 1(2), 39-44. https://izlik.org/JA89CR76AA
AMA
1.Lokman Md Isa M, Ramli N, Ismail İS, Shahbuddin M, Yusof AM, Ramli R. Review: In Vitro Study Revealed Sugar As Anticancer Constituent. J Biotechnol and Strategic Health Res. 2017;1(2):39-44. https://izlik.org/JA89CR76AA
Chicago
Lokman Md Isa, Muhammad, Nuramalina Ramli, İsma Syahril Ismail, Munira Shahbuddin, Afzan Mat Yusof, and Roszaman Ramli. 2017. “Review: In Vitro Study Revealed Sugar As Anticancer Constituent”. Journal of Biotechnology and Strategic Health Research 1 (2): 39-44. https://izlik.org/JA89CR76AA.
EndNote
Lokman Md Isa M, Ramli N, Ismail İS, Shahbuddin M, Yusof AM, Ramli R (October 1, 2017) Review: In Vitro Study Revealed Sugar As Anticancer Constituent. Journal of Biotechnology and Strategic Health Research 1 2 39–44.
IEEE
[1]M. Lokman Md Isa, N. Ramli, İ. S. Ismail, M. Shahbuddin, A. M. Yusof, and R. Ramli, “Review: In Vitro Study Revealed Sugar As Anticancer Constituent”, J Biotechnol and Strategic Health Res, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 39–44, Oct. 2017, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA89CR76AA
ISNAD
Lokman Md Isa, Muhammad - Ramli, Nuramalina - Ismail, İsma Syahril - Shahbuddin, Munira - Yusof, Afzan Mat - Ramli, Roszaman. “Review: In Vitro Study Revealed Sugar As Anticancer Constituent”. Journal of Biotechnology and Strategic Health Research 1/2 (October 1, 2017): 39-44. https://izlik.org/JA89CR76AA.
JAMA
1.Lokman Md Isa M, Ramli N, Ismail İS, Shahbuddin M, Yusof AM, Ramli R. Review: In Vitro Study Revealed Sugar As Anticancer Constituent. J Biotechnol and Strategic Health Res. 2017;1:39–44.
MLA
Lokman Md Isa, Muhammad, et al. “Review: In Vitro Study Revealed Sugar As Anticancer Constituent”. Journal of Biotechnology and Strategic Health Research, vol. 1, no. 2, Oct. 2017, pp. 39-44, https://izlik.org/JA89CR76AA.
Vancouver
1.Muhammad Lokman Md Isa, Nuramalina Ramli, İsma Syahril Ismail, Munira Shahbuddin, Afzan Mat Yusof, Roszaman Ramli. Review: In Vitro Study Revealed Sugar As Anticancer Constituent. J Biotechnol and Strategic Health Res [Internet]. 2017 Oct. 1;1(2):39-44. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA89CR76AA

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