ReviewPharmaceutics2025
Herbal Medicine: Enhancing the Anticancer Potential of Natural Products in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Therapy Through Advanced Drug Delivery Systems.
Review in Pharmaceutics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Therapeutic Applications of Natural Products in Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Nanozymes as Emerging Therapeutics for Asthma: A Redox-Responsive and Immunomodulatory Strategy.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Plant-Derived Bioactive Compounds and Their Therapeutic Potential in Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Synergistic anticancer activity of frankincense aqueous extract with sorafenib in HepG2 cells and its UHPLC-QTOF-MS/MS-based metabolomic profiling.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Schisandrin B confers multi-organ protection via regulation of mitochondrial homeostasis: mechanistic integration, organ-specific differences, and translational challenges-a review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
- Lysosome-dependent cell death in hepatocellular carcinoma: unlocking the therapeutic potential of natural products.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
- Nanomedicine: The Effective Role of Nanomaterials in Healthcare from Diagnosis to Therapy.Pharmaceutics · 2025Review
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Abstract
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an aggressive and prevalent liver cancer with a poor prognosis. Nanotechnology combined with natural products has emerged as a promising strategy to enhance HCC treatment efficacy. This review assesses the current literature on the application of nanotechnology in delivering natural products for HCC therapy. A comprehensive search was conducted in PubMed, Science Direct, Web of Science, and Google Scholar to identify relevant studies published up to the present articles focusing on nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems using natural products for HCC therapy, including different nanoparticle (NP) formulations and therapeutic interventions, were included. Natural products with anticancer properties have been encapsulated using various nanocarriers such as liposomes, polymeric nanoparticles, and quantum dots, which have improved drug stability, prolonged circulation time, and enhanced targeted delivery to HCC cells. These advancements have led to increased therapeutic efficacy and reduced side effects. Additionally, combining multiple natural products or integrating them with conventional therapies via nanocarriers enables personalized treatment approaches based on patient characteristics and molecular profiles. The integration of nanotechnology with natural products shows great potential for improving HCC treatment outcomes, representing a significant advancement in precision medicine for liver cancer and paving the way for more effective and personalized therapeutic strategies.
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