Thymoquinone / AntiCan Cancer Research Results

TQ, Thymoquinone: Click to Expand ⟱
Features: Anti-oxidant, anti-tumor
Thymoquinone is a bioactive compound found in the seeds of Nigella sativa, commonly known as black seed or black cumin.
Pathways:
-Cell cycle arrest, apoptosis induction, ROS generation in cancer cells
-inhibit the activation of NF-κB, Suppress the PI3K/Akt signaling cascade
-Inhibit angiogenic factors such as VEGF, MMPs
-Inhibit HDACs, UHRF1, and DNMTs

-Note half-life 3-6hrs.
BioAv low oral bioavailability due to its lipophilic nature. Note refridgeration of Black seed oil improves the stability of TQ.
DIY: ~1 part lecithin : 2–3 parts black seed oil : 4–5 parts warm water. (chat ai)
Pathways:
- usually induce ROS production in Cancer cells, and lowers ROS in normal cells
- ROS↑ related: MMP↓(ΔΨm), ER Stress↑, GRP78↑, Cyt‑c↑, Caspases↑, DNA damage↑, cl-PARP↑, HSP↓, Prx,
- May Low AntiOxidant defense in Cancer Cells: NRF2↓(usually contrary), GSH↓ HO1↓(contrary), GPx↓
- Raises AntiOxidant defense in Normal Cells: ROS↓, NRF2↑, SOD↑, GSH↑, Catalase↑,
- lowers Inflammation : NF-kB↓, COX2↓, p38↓, Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines : NLRP3↓, IL-1β↓, TNF-α↓, IL-6↓, IL-8↓
- inhibit Growth/Metastases : TumMeta↓, TumCG↓, EMT↓, MMPs↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, VEGF↓, FAK↓, NF-κB↓, CXCR4↓, TGF-β↓, ERK↓
- reactivate genes thereby inhibiting cancer cell growth : HDAC↓, DNMTs↓, EZH2↓, P53↑, HSP↓, Sp proteins↓, TET↑
- cause Cell cycle arrest : TumCCA↑, cyclin D1↓, cyclin E↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓,
- inhibits Migration/Invasion : TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, TNF-α↓, FAK↓, ERK↓, EMT↓,
- inhibits glycolysis /Warburg Effect and ATP depletion : HIF-1α↓, PKM2↓, cMyc↓, GLUT1↓, LDH↓, LDHA↓, HK2↓, PDKs↓, GRP78↑, GlucoseCon↓
- inhibits angiogenesis↓ : VEGF↓, HIF-1α↓, Notch↓, EGFR↓, Integrins↓,
- Others: PI3K↓, AKT↓, JAK↓, STAT↓, Wnt↓, β-catenin↓, AMPK, α↓, ERK↓, JNK,
- Synergies: chemo-sensitization, chemoProtective, RadioSensitizer, RadioProtective, Others(review target notes), Neuroprotective, Cognitive, Renoprotection, Hepatoprotective, CardioProtective,

- Selectivity: Cancer Cells vs Normal Cells

Rank Pathway / Target Axis Direction Label Primary Effect Notes / Cancer Relevance Ref
1 Reactive oxygen species (ROS) ↑ ROS Driver Upstream cytotoxic trigger Primary studies show TQ rapidly increases ROS; antioxidant/ROS modulation attenuates downstream effects, supporting ROS as an initiating mechanism in multiple cancer contexts (ref)
2 Glutathione (GSH) redox buffering ↓ GSH Driver Redox-collapse amplification Same prostate cancer study reports early GSH depletion alongside ROS rise; together these form a redox “one-two punch” that helps explain selective stress in tumor cells (ref)
3 Mitochondrial integrity (ΔΨm) ↓ ΔΨm Driver Mitochondrial dysfunction (MOMP axis) Primary leukemia/cancer study reports disruption of mitochondrial membrane potential after TQ exposure (mitochondrial events central to TQ-mediated death) (ref)
4 Intrinsic apoptosis (caspase-9 → caspase-3; PARP) ↑ caspases / ↑ apoptosis Driver Execution-phase cell death Same primary paper reports activation of caspases (8/9/3) with mitochondrial involvement—core evidence for apoptosis as the major outcome pathway (ref)
5 NF-κB signaling ↓ NF-κB activity Secondary Reduced pro-survival / inflammatory transcription Colon cancer work: TQ induces cell death and chemosensitizes cells by inhibiting NF-κB signaling (explicit pathway-direction support) (ref)
6 STAT3 signaling ↓ p-STAT3 / ↓ STAT3 activation Secondary Reduced survival/proliferation signaling Gastric cancer study explicitly reports TQ suppresses constitutive STAT3 activation and related signaling readouts (ref)
7 NRF2 antioxidant-response axis (NRF2/HO-1 program) ↑ NRF2 pathway (often as stress-response) Adaptive Cellular antioxidant counter-response In TNBC context, a primary study reports TQ upregulates NRF2 (and evaluates downstream immune/checkpoint consequences), consistent with NRF2 acting as an adaptive response to redox stress (ref)
8 HIF-1α hypoxia signaling ↓ HIF-1α protein / ↓ HIF-1α program Adaptive Loss of hypoxia survival signaling Renal cancer hypoxia paper identifies TQ as suppressing HIF-1α and links this to selective killing under hypoxia (ref)
9 Glycolysis / Warburg output (hypoxia-linked) ↓ glycolysis (↓ HIF-1α–mediated glycolytic genes; ↓ glycolytic metabolism) Phenotypic Metabolic suppression In hypoxic renal cancer, TQ suppresses HIF-1α–mediated glycolysis; in CRC, TQ inhibits glycolytic metabolism alongside tumor growth limitation (ref)  |  (ref)


AntiCan, Anticancer Effect: Click to Expand ⟱
Source:
Type: general indicator
Anticancer Effect


Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
4774- 5-FU,  TQ,  CoQ10,    Exploring potential additive effects of 5-fluorouracil, thymoquinone, and coenzyme Q10 triple therapy on colon cancer cells in relation to glycolysis and redox status modulation
- in-vitro, CRC, NA
AntiCan↑, TumCCA↑, Apoptosis↑, eff↑, Bcl-2↓, survivin↓, P21↑, p27↑, BAX↑, Cyt‑c↑, Casp3↑, PI3K↓, Akt↓, mTOR↓, Hif1a↓, PTEN↑, AMPKα↑, PDH↑, LDHA↓, antiOx↓, ROS↑, AntiCan↑,
3404- TQ,    The Neuroprotective Effects of Thymoquinone: A Review
- Review, Var, NA - Review, AD, NA - Review, Park, NA - Review, Stroke, NA
*Inflam↓, AntiCan↑, *TNF-α↓, *IL6↓, *IL1β↓, *NF-kB↓, *iNOS↓, *NRF2↑, *neuroP↑, *MMP↑, *ROS↓, *MDA↓, *GSH↑, *Catalase↑, *SOD↑, *IL12↓, *MCP1↓, *IP-10/CXCL-10↓, *PGE2↓,
3564- TQ,    The Potential Neuroprotective Effect of Thymoquinone on Scopolamine-Induced In Vivo Alzheimer's Disease-like Condition: Mechanistic Insights
- in-vivo, AD, NA
*Inflam↓, *AntiCan↑, *antiOx↑, *neuroP↑, *cognitive↑, *Aβ↓, *PPARγ↑, *NF-kB↓, *p‑tau↓, *MMP↑, *memory↑, *NF-kB↓, *ROS↓,
3423- TQ,    Epigenetic role of thymoquinone: impact on cellular mechanism and cancer therapeutics
- Review, Var, NA
AntiCan↑, Inflam↓, hepatoP↑, RenoP↑, BAX↑, Bak↑, Bcl-2↓, Bcl-xL↓, ROS↑, P53↑, PTEN↑, P21↑, p27↑, BRCA1↑, PI3K↓, Akt↓, MAPK↓, ERK↓, p‑ERK↓, MMPs↓, FAK↓, Twist↓, Zeb1↓, EMT↓, TumMeta↓, angioG↓, VEGF↓, HDAC↓, Maspin↑, SIRT1↑, DNMT1↓, DNMT3A↓, HDAC1↓, HDAC4↓,
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↑,
3553- TQ,    Study Effectiveness and Stability Formulation Nanoemulsion of Black Cumin Seed (Nigella sativa L.) Essential Oil: A Review
- Review, Nor, NA
*AntiCan↑, *Inflam↓, *antiOx↑, *AntiAge↑, *hepatoP↑, *cardioP↑, *neuroP↑, *eff↑,
2090- TQ,    Thymoquinone as a Potential Adjuvant Therapy for Cancer Treatment: Evidence from Preclinical Studies
- Review, Var, NA
AntiCan↑, ChemoSen↑, RadioS↑, chemoP↑, *radioP↑,
1930- TQ,    Therapeutic implications and clinical manifestations of thymoquinone
- Review, Var, NA
AntiCan↑, antiOx↑, Inflam↓, TumCP↓, TumCCA↑, Apoptosis↑, ROS↑, TumMeta↓, TumCI↓,
1933- TQ,    Thymoquinone: potential cure for inflammatory disorders and cancer
- Review, Var, NA
antiOx↑, Inflam↓, AntiCan↑, TumCCA↑, ROS↑, angioG↓, Apoptosis↑, Casp↑, eff↑, eff↝,
2101- TQ,    HDAC inhibition by Nigella sativa L. sprouts extract in hepatocellular carcinoma: an approach to study anti-cancer potential
- Study, HCC, NA
HDAC↓, eff↑, eff↑, AntiCan↑,

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 ⓘ

antiOx↓, 1,   antiOx↑, 2,   ROS↑, 4,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

LDHA↓, 1,   PDH↑, 1,   SIRT1↑, 1,  

Cell Death ⓘ

Akt↓, 2,   Akt↑, 1,   Apoptosis↑, 4,   Bak↑, 1,   BAX↑, 2,   Bcl-2↓, 2,   Bcl-xL↓, 1,   Casp↑, 1,   Casp3↑, 1,   Cyt‑c↑, 1,   MAPK↓, 1,   p27↑, 2,   survivin↓, 1,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction ⓘ

AMPKα↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

BRCA1↑, 1,   DNMT1↓, 1,   DNMT3A↓, 1,   P53↑, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

P21↑, 2,   TumCCA↑, 4,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

EMT↓, 1,   ERK↓, 1,   p‑ERK↓, 1,   HDAC↓, 2,   HDAC1↓, 1,   HDAC4↓, 1,   mTOR↓, 1,   PI3K↓, 3,   PTEN↑, 2,   TumCG↓, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

FAK↓, 1,   MMPs↓, 1,   TumCI↓, 1,   TumCP↓, 1,   TumMeta↓, 2,   Twist↓, 1,   Zeb1↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

angioG↓, 3,   Hif1a↓, 1,   VEGF↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

Inflam↓, 3,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

ChemoSen↑, 1,   eff↑, 4,   eff↝, 1,   RadioS↑, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

BRCA1↑, 1,   Maspin↑, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

AntiCan↑, 9,   chemoP↑, 1,   hepatoP↑, 1,   RenoP↑, 1,  
Total Targets: 57

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

antiOx↑, 3,   Catalase↑, 2,   GPx↑, 1,   GSH↑, 2,   H2O2↓, 1,   lipid-P↓, 1,   MDA↓, 2,   NRF2↑, 2,   ROS↓, 3,   SOD↑, 2,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

MMP↑, 3,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

cMyc↓, 1,   LDH↓, 1,   PPARγ↑, 1,  

Cell Death ⓘ

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

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

cycD1/CCND1↓, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

MMP9↓, 1,   TGF-β↓, 1,   TumCI↓, 1,   TumCP↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

VEGF↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

COX2↓, 1,   CRP↓, 1,   IL10↑, 1,   IL12↓, 2,   IL1β↓, 2,   IL6↓, 2,   Inflam↓, 4,   IP-10/CXCL-10↓, 1,   MCP1↓, 1,   MyD88↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 4,   PGE2↓, 1,   TLR2↓, 1,   TLR4↓, 1,   TNF-α↓, 1,   TRIF↓, 1,  

Synaptic & Neurotransmission ⓘ

AChE↓, 2,   p‑tau↓, 1,  

Protein Aggregation ⓘ

Aβ↓, 2,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

eff↑, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

CRP↓, 1,   IL6↓, 2,   LDH↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

AntiAge↑, 1,   AntiCan↑, 2,   cardioP↑, 2,   cognitive↑, 2,   hepatoP↑, 2,   memory↑, 2,   neuroP↑, 4,   radioP↑, 1,   RenoP↑, 1,  

Infection & Microbiome ⓘ

IRF3↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 59

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: AntiCan, Anticancer Effect
10 Thymoquinone
1 5-fluorouracil
1 Coenzyme Q10
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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