H2O2 Cancer Research Results

H2O2, Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2): Click to Expand ⟱
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H2O2 is a reactive oxygen species (ROS) that can induce oxidative stress in cells. While low levels of ROS can promote cell signaling and proliferation, high levels can lead to DNA damage, apoptosis (programmed cell death), and other cellular dysfunctions. This dual role means that H2O2 can contribute to cancer development and progression, as oxidative stress can lead to mutations and genomic instability.
H2O2 can enhance the effectiveness of certain chemotherapeutic agents by increasing oxidative stress in cancer cells. Additionally, localized delivery of H2O2 has been explored as a means to selectively target and kill cancer cells while sparing normal cells.
Cancer cells often exhibit altered metabolism, leading to increased production of reactive oxygen species, including H2O2. This can result from enhanced mitochondrial activity, increased glycolysis, or other metabolic adaptations that are characteristic of cancer.


Reported H2O2 concentrations for representative compounds.
   Prooxidant          Dose                   Cell Line            H2O2 Produced
EGCG50 µMJurkat~1 µM
EGCG10 µMHCT116 and HT291.5 µM
EGCG100 µMJurkat20 µM
Quercetin70 µMHT292 µM
Menadione10 µMJurkat20 µM
Plumbagin4 µMSiHA and HeLa1 mM
β-Lap1 µMHL-6070 µM
Doxorubicin1 µMPC338 pM
Ascorbic Acid 1 mMHL-60161 µM
Ascorbic Acid0.2–2.0 mMLymphoma20–120 µM
Ascorbic Acidi.v. 0.5 mg/gRats0–20 µM
Ascorbic Acidi.p. 4.0 g/kgMice tumor> 125 µM
TiO210 µg/mLHepG2150 nmol/mL
Paclitaxel100 nMMCF7600 nM
Paclitaxel100 nMHL-601100 nM

Note: many products at lower concentrations act as antioxidants, instead of Prooxidants.

Generally, increased hydrogen peroxide and oxidative stress are associated with poor outcomes, while the specific context and cellular environment can modulate its effects.
Var, Various Cancer: Click to Expand ⟱
Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 overexpression has been noted in various cancers. PI3Ks/AKT pathways are over-activated in several types of cancers.
EGFR altered activity has been noted in various pathological conditions. However, its regulation is an important step in the inhibition of cancer. In this regard, EGCG shows a pivotal role in the inhibition of EGFR activity.
Activating protein-1 transcription factor has been associated with pathogenesis including cancer.
Activation of the sonic hedgehog (Shh) pathway is required for the growth of numerous tissues and organs and recent evidence indicates that this pathway is often recruited to stimulate growth of cancer stem cells (CSCs) and to orchestrate the reprogramming of cancer cells via epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT). Increased expression of Nanog has been associated with the aggressive nature of certain cancers, highlighting its role in promoting cancer stem cell characteristics.
The aberrant hedgehog (Hh)/GLI signaling pathway causes the formation and progression of a variety of tumors.
The process of cell apoptosis is often accompanied by the destruction of mitochondrial transmembrane potential, which is widely regarded as one of the earliest events in the process of cell apoptosis.
Human malignancies frequently exhibit mutations in the TGF-β pathway, and overactivation of this system is linked to tumor growth by promoting angiogenesis and inhibiting the innate and adaptive antitumor immune responses50.
Several studies have demonstrated that high cyclin D1 expression was observed in cancers including breast, lung, prostate, lymph node and colorectal cancers [23–25].
The oncogene c-myc, which is frequently over-expressed in cancer cells, is involved in the transactivation of most of the glycolytic enzymes including lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA) and the glucose transporter GLUT1 [51,52]. Thus, c-myc activation is a likely candidate to promote the enhanced glucose uptake and lactate release in the proliferating cancer cell.
Vimentin is overexpressed in various epithelial cancers, including prostate cancer, gastrointestinal tumors, tumors of the central nervous system, breast cancer, malignant melanoma, and lung cancer. Vimentin’s overexpression in cancer correlates well with accelerated tumor growth, invasion, and poor prognosis; however, the role of vimentin in cancer progression remains obscure.
Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are normally induced under environmental stress to serve as chaperones for maintenance of correct protein folding but they are often overexpressed in many cancers, including breast cancer.
Since NQO1 is highly expressed in many solid tumors, including via upregulation of Nrf2, the design of compounds activated by NQO1 and NQO1-targeted drug delivery have been active areas of research.
Since increased Nrf2 gene expression is one of the main mechanisms of cancer cells in resisting chemotherapeutic drugs and survival in oxidative conditions; finding compounds with the ability to suppress Nrf2 gene expression with minimum side effects can be considered an important strategy for increasing the sensitivity of cancer cells to chemotherapy.
Overexpression of c-met stimulates proliferation, migration and invasion in various types of cancer including prostate cancer.
Overexpression of TGFα and EGFR by many carcinomas correlates with the development of cancer metastasis, resistance to chemotherapy and poor prognosis.
More than 50% of human cancers have a mutated nonfunctional p53.


Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
4768- CoQ10,    Role of coenzymes in cancer metabolism
- Review, Var, NA
Risk↓, *ROS↓, AntiCan↑, TumMeta↓, ROS↑, TumCG↓, Apoptosis↑, TumMeta↓, Wnt↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, TumCG↓, selectivity↑, RadioS↑, ChemoSen↑, H2O2↓, MMP2↓, cardioP↑, ChemoSen∅, Dose↝,
5252- MAG,    Insights on the Multifunctional Activities of Magnolol
- Review, Var, NA
BioAv↓, *Inflam↓, *Bacteria↓, *antiOx↑, *neuroP↑, *cardioP↑, CYP1A1↓, *PPARγ↑, *NF-kB↓, *COX2↓, *iNOS↓, *ROS↓, Apoptosis↑, TumCCA↑, cycD1/CCND1↓, cycA1/CCNA1↓, CDK2↓, P21↑, TumCG↓, TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, Ki-67↓, PCNA↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, MMP7↓, DNAdam↑, MMP↓, TumCP↓, selectivity↑, PI3K↓, Akt↓, H2O2↓, Hif1a↓, *BDNF↑, *NRF2↑, *AChE↑,
3930- PTS,    A Review of Pterostilbene Antioxidant Activity and Disease Modification
- Review, Var, NA - Review, adrenal, NA - Review, Stroke, NA
*BioAv↑, *antiOx↑, *neuroP↑, *Inflam↓, *ROS↓, *H2O2↓, *GSH↑, *GPx↑, *GSR↑, *SOD↑, TumCG↓, PTEN↑, HGF/c-Met↓, PI3K↓, Akt↓, NF-kB↓, TumMeta↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, Ki-67↓, Casp3↑, MMP↓, H2O2↑, ROS↑, ChemoSen↑, *cardioP↑, *CDK2↓, *CDK4↓, *cycE/CCNE↓, *cycD1/CCND1↓, *RB1↓, *PCNA↓, *CREB↑, *GABA↑, *memory↑, *IGF-1↑, *ERK↑, TIMP1↑, BAX↑, Cyt‑c↑, Diablo↑, SOD2↑,
3341- QC,    Antioxidant Activities of Quercetin and Its Complexes for Medicinal Application
- Review, Var, NA - Review, Stroke, NA
*antiOx↑, *BioAv↑, *GSH↑, *AChE↓, *BChE↓, *H2O2↓, *lipid-P↓, *SOD↑, *SOD2↑, *Catalase↑, *GPx↑, *neuroP↑, *HO-1↑, *cardioP↑, *MDA↓, *NF-kB↓, *IKKα↓, *ROS↓, *PI3K↑, *Akt↑, *hepatoP↑, P53↑, BAX↑, IGF-1R↓, Akt↓, AR↓, TumCP↓, GSH↑, SOD↑, Catalase↑, lipid-P↓, *TNF-α↓, *Ca+2↓,
2106- TQ,    Cancer: Thymoquinone antioxidant/pro-oxidant effect as potential anticancer remedy
- Review, Var, NA
Apoptosis↑, TumCCA↑, ROS↑, *Catalase↑, *SOD↑, *GR↑, *GSTA1↓, *GPx↑, *H2O2↓, *ROS↓, *lipid-P↓, *HO-1↑, p‑Akt↓, AMPKα↑, NK cell↑, selectivity↑, Dose↝, eff↑, GSH↓, eff↓, P53↑, p‑STAT3↓, PI3K↑, MAPK↑, GSK‐3β↑, ChemoSen↑, RadioS↑, BioAv↓, NRF2↑,
3559- TQ,    Molecular signaling pathway targeted therapeutic potential of thymoquinone in Alzheimer’s disease
- Review, AD, NA - Review, Var, NA
*antiOx↑, *Inflam↓, *AChE↓, AntiCan↑, *cardioP↑, *RenoP↑, *neuroP↑, *hepatoP↑, TumCG↓, Apoptosis↑, PI3K↓, Akt↑, TumCCA↑, angioG↓, *NF-kB↓, *TLR2↓, *TLR4↓, *MyD88↓, *TRIF↓, *IRF3↓, *IL1β↓, *IL6↓, *IL12↓, *NRF2↑, *COX2↓, *VEGF↓, *MMP9↓, *cMyc↓, *cycD1/CCND1↓, *TumCP↓, *TumCI↓, *MDA↓, *TGF-β↓, *CRP↓, *Casp3↓, *GSH↑, *IL10↑, *iNOS↑, *lipid-P↓, *SOD↑, *H2O2↓, *ROS↓, *LDH↓, *Catalase↑, *GPx↑, *AChE↓, *cognitive↑, *MAPK↑, *JNK↑, *BAX↓, *memory↑, *Aβ↓, *MMP↑,
5904- TV,    Pharmacological Properties and Molecular Mechanisms of Thymol: Prospects for Its Therapeutic Potential and Pharmaceutical Development
- Review, Var, NA - Review, Stroke, NA - Review, Diabetic, NA - Review, Obesity, NA - Review, AD, NA - Review, Arthritis, NA
*antiOx↑, *ROS↓, *Inflam↓, *Bacteria↓, AntiTum↑, IronCh↑, *HDL↑, *LDL↓, *BioAv↝, *Half-Life↝, *BioAv↑, *SOD↑, *GPx↑, *GSTs↑, *eff↑, radioP↑, *MDA↓, *other↑, *COX1↓, *COX2↓, *AntiAg↑, *RNS↓, *NO↓, *H2O2↓, *NOS2↓, *NADH↓, *Imm↑, Apoptosis↑, TumCP↓, angioG↓, TumCMig↓, Ca+2↑, TumCCA↑, DNAdam↑, BAX↑, Casp9↑, Casp8↑, Casp3↑, cl‑PARP↑, AIF↑, i-ROS↑, MMP↓, Cyt‑c↑, APAF1↑, Ca+2↑, MMP9↓, MMP2↓, PKCδ↓, ERK↓, H2O2↑, BAX↑, Bcl-2↓, DNAdam↑, lipid-P↑, ChemoSen↑, chemoP↑, *cardioP↑, *SOD↑, *Catalase↑, *GPx↑, *GSH↑, *BP↓, *AntiDiabetic↑, *Obesity↓, RenoP↑, *GastroP↑, hepatoP↑, *AChE↓, *cognitive↑, *BChE↓, *other↓, *BioAv↑,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 7 of 7

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 7

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

Catalase↑, 1,   CYP1A1↓, 1,   GSH↓, 1,   GSH↑, 1,   H2O2↓, 2,   H2O2↑, 2,   lipid-P↓, 1,   lipid-P↑, 1,   NRF2↑, 1,   ROS↑, 3,   i-ROS↑, 1,   SOD↑, 1,   SOD2↑, 1,  

Metal & Cofactor Biology ⓘ

IronCh↑, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

AIF↑, 1,   MMP↓, 3,  

Cell Death ⓘ

Akt↓, 3,   Akt↑, 1,   p‑Akt↓, 1,   APAF1↑, 1,   Apoptosis↑, 5,   BAX↑, 4,   Bcl-2↓, 1,   Casp3↑, 2,   Casp8↑, 1,   Casp9↑, 1,   Cyt‑c↑, 2,   Diablo↑, 1,   HGF/c-Met↓, 1,   MAPK↑, 1,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction ⓘ

AMPKα↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

DNAdam↑, 3,   P53↑, 2,   cl‑PARP↑, 1,   PCNA↓, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

CDK2↓, 1,   cycA1/CCNA1↓, 1,   cycD1/CCND1↓, 1,   P21↑, 1,   TumCCA↑, 4,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

ERK↓, 1,   GSK‐3β↑, 1,   IGF-1R↓, 1,   PI3K↓, 3,   PI3K↑, 1,   PTEN↑, 1,   p‑STAT3↓, 1,   TumCG↓, 5,   Wnt↓, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

Ca+2↑, 2,   Ki-67↓, 2,   MMP2↓, 4,   MMP7↓, 1,   MMP9↓, 3,   PKCδ↓, 1,   TIMP1↑, 1,   TumCI↓, 1,   TumCMig↓, 2,   TumCP↓, 3,   TumMeta↓, 3,   β-catenin/ZEB1↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

angioG↓, 2,   Hif1a↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

NF-kB↓, 1,   NK cell↑, 1,  

Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors ⓘ

AR↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

BioAv↓, 2,   ChemoSen↑, 4,   ChemoSen∅, 1,   Dose↝, 2,   eff↓, 1,   eff↑, 1,   RadioS↑, 2,   selectivity↑, 3,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

AR↓, 1,   Ki-67↓, 2,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

AntiCan↑, 2,   AntiTum↑, 1,   cardioP↑, 1,   chemoP↑, 1,   hepatoP↑, 1,   radioP↑, 1,   RenoP↑, 1,   Risk↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 84

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

antiOx↑, 5,   Catalase↑, 4,   GPx↑, 6,   GSH↑, 4,   GSR↑, 1,   GSTA1↓, 1,   GSTs↑, 1,   H2O2↓, 5,   HDL↑, 1,   HO-1↑, 2,   lipid-P↓, 3,   MDA↓, 3,   NADH↓, 1,   NRF2↑, 2,   RNS↓, 1,   ROS↓, 7,   SOD↑, 6,   SOD2↑, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

MMP↑, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

cMyc↓, 1,   CREB↑, 1,   LDH↓, 1,   LDL↓, 1,   PPARγ↑, 1,  

Cell Death ⓘ

Akt↑, 1,   BAX↓, 1,   Casp3↓, 1,   iNOS↓, 1,   iNOS↑, 1,   JNK↑, 1,   MAPK↑, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics ⓘ

other↓, 1,   other↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

PCNA↓, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

CDK2↓, 1,   CDK4↓, 1,   cycD1/CCND1↓, 2,   cycE/CCNE↓, 1,   RB1↓, 1,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

ERK↑, 1,   IGF-1↑, 1,   PI3K↑, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

AntiAg↑, 1,   Ca+2↓, 1,   MMP9↓, 1,   TGF-β↓, 1,   TumCI↓, 1,   TumCP↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

NO↓, 1,   VEGF↓, 1,  

Barriers & Transport ⓘ

GastroP↑, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

COX1↓, 1,   COX2↓, 3,   CRP↓, 1,   IKKα↓, 1,   IL10↑, 1,   IL12↓, 1,   IL1β↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   Imm↑, 1,   Inflam↓, 4,   MyD88↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 3,   TLR2↓, 1,   TLR4↓, 1,   TNF-α↓, 1,   TRIF↓, 1,  

Synaptic & Neurotransmission ⓘ

AChE↓, 4,   AChE↑, 1,   BChE↓, 2,   BDNF↑, 1,   GABA↑, 1,  

Protein Aggregation ⓘ

Aβ↓, 1,  

Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors ⓘ

GR↑, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

BioAv↑, 4,   BioAv↝, 1,   eff↑, 1,   Half-Life↝, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

BP↓, 1,   CRP↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   LDH↓, 1,   NOS2↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

AntiDiabetic↑, 1,   cardioP↑, 5,   cognitive↑, 2,   hepatoP↑, 2,   memory↑, 2,   neuroP↑, 4,   Obesity↓, 1,   RenoP↑, 1,  

Infection & Microbiome ⓘ

Bacteria↓, 2,   IRF3↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 93

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: H2O2, Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)
2 Thymoquinone
1 Coenzyme Q10
1 Magnolol
1 Pterostilbene
1 Quercetin
1 Thymol-Thymus vulgaris
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