Thymoquinone / hepatoP 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)


hepatoP, L,hepatoprotective: Click to Expand ⟱
Source:
Type:
Hepatoprotective is the ability of a chemical substance to prevent damage to the liver.

Grapefruit:
-hepatoprotective potential has emerged from the study of naringenin and naringin.
Blueberries/cranberries:
-proanthocyanidins
Grape:
Nopal (Cactus pear) and tuna (Cactus pear fruit) “Opuntia ficus-indica”:
Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla or Chamomilla recutita):
Silymarin (Silybum marianum):
Blue green algae spirulina :
Propolis (bee glue):

POLYSACCHARIDES
β-glucans
Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
2207- AgNPs,  TQ,    Protective effects of Nigella sativa L. seeds aqueous extract-based silver nanoparticles on sepsis-induced damages in rats
- in-vivo, Nor, NA
*eff↑, *RenoP↑, *hepatoP↑, *MDA↓, *SOD↑, *GSH↑, *TNF-α↓, *IL1β↓,
3408- TQ,    Thymoquinone: A small molecule from nature with high therapeutic potential
- Review, AD, NA - Review, Park, NA
*neuroP↑, *hepatoP↑, *cardioP↑, *Inflam↓, *antiOx↑, ChemoSen↑, eff↑, eff↑, TumCP↓, TumCCA↑, angioG↓, cycA1/CCNA1↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, cycE/CCNE↓, CDK2↓,
3422- TQ,    Thymoquinone, as a Novel Therapeutic Candidate of Cancers
- Review, Var, NA
selectivity↑, P53↑, PTEN↑, NF-kB↓, PPARγ↓, cMyc↓, Casp↑, *BioAv↓, BioAv↝, eff↑, survivin↓, Bcl-xL↓, Bcl-2↓, Akt↓, BAX↑, cl‑PARP↑, CXCR4↓, MMP9↓, VEGFR2↓, Ki-67↓, COX2↓, JAK2↓, cSrc↓, Apoptosis↑, p‑STAT3↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, Casp3↑, Casp7↑, Casp9↑, N-cadherin↓, Vim↓, Twist↓, E-cadherin↑, ChemoSen↑, eff↑, EMT↓, ROS↑, DNMT1↓, eff↑, EZH2↓, hepatoP↑, Zeb1↓, RadioS↑, HDAC↓, HDAC1↓, HDAC2↓, HDAC3↓, *NAD↑, *SIRT1↑, SIRT1↓, *Inflam↓, *CRP↓, *TNF-α↓, *IL6↓, *IL1β↓, *eff↑, *MDA↓, *NO↓, *GSH↑, *SOD↑, *Catalase↑, *GPx↑, PI3K↓, mTOR↓,
3401- TQ,    Molecular mechanisms and signaling pathways of black cumin (Nigella sativa) and its active constituent, thymoquinone: a review
- Review, Var, NA
TumCP↓, *antiOx↑, *ROS↓, NRF2↑, NF-kB↓, TumCCA↑, *GABA↑, P53↑, P21↑, AMPK↑, neuroP↑, cardioP↑, hepatoP↑,
3397- TQ,    Thymoquinone: A Promising Therapeutic Agent for the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer
- Review, CRC, NA
ChemoSen↑, *Half-Life↝, *BioAv↝, *antiOx↑, *Inflam↓, *hepatoP↑, TumCP↓, TumCCA↑, Apoptosis↑, angioG↑, selectivity↑, JNK↑, p38↑, p‑NF-kB↑, ERK↓, PI3K↓, PTEN↑, Akt↓, mTOR↓, EMT↓, Twist↓, E-cadherin↓, ROS⇅, *Catalase↑, *SOD↑, *GSTA1↑, *GPx↑, *PGE2↓, *IL1β↓, *COX2↓, *MMP13↓, MMPs↓, TumMeta↓, VEGF↓, STAT3↓, BAX↑, Bcl-2↑, Casp9↑, Casp7↑, Casp3↑, cl‑PARP↑, survivin↓, cMyc↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, p27↑, P21↑, GSK‐3β↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, chemoP↑,
3572- TQ,    Enhanced oral bioavailability and hepatoprotective activity of thymoquinone in the form of phospholipidic nano-constructs
- in-vivo, Nor, NA
*BioAv↑, *hepatoP↑, *ALAT↓, *ALP↓, *AST↓,
5024- TQ,    Thymoquinone: A Tie-Breaker in SARS-CoV2-Infected Cancer Patients?
- Review, Covid, NA
*NRF2↑, *NF-kB↓, *Inflam↓, *ROS↓, *HO-1↑, antiOx↑, GSH↑, GSTs↑, GSR↑, SOD1↑, Catalase↑, GPx↑, p62↓, Beclin-1↑, Sepsis↓, cardioP↑, hepatoP↑, neuroP↑,
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↑,
2088- TQ,    Nigella sativa L. and Its Bioactive Constituents as Hepatoprotectant: A Review
- Review, Nor, NA
*hepatoP↑, *lipid-P↓, *Thiols↑, *ROS↓, *Catalase↑, *SOD↑, *GSTs↑, *NF-kB↓, *COX2↓, *LOX1↓,
2126- TQ,    Biological and therapeutic activities of thymoquinone: Focus on the Nrf2 signaling pathway
- Review, Nor, NA
*antiOx↑, *Bacteria↓, *RenoP↑, *hepatoP↑, *neuroP↑, *Inflam↓, *Keap1↓, *NRF2↑, *other↝,
2118- TQ,  Rad,    In vivo radioprotective effects of Nigella sativa L oil and reduced glutathione against irradiation-induced oxidative injury and number of peripheral blood lymphocytes in rats
- in-vivo, Nor, NA
*ROS↓, RenoP↑, hepatoP↑,
2119- TQ,    Dual properties of Nigella Sativa: anti-oxidant and pro-oxidant
- Review, Var, NA
*ROS↓, ROS↑, chemoP↑, RenoP↑, hepatoP↑, NLRP3↓, neuroP↑, NF-kB↓, P21↑, HDAC↓, Apoptosis↑, TumCP↓, GSH↓, GADD45A↑, GSK‐3β↑,
2121- TQ,    Thymoquinone Inhibits Tumor Growth and Induces Apoptosis in a Breast Cancer Xenograft Mouse Model: The Role of p38 MAPK and ROS
- in-vitro, BC, MCF-7 - in-vitro, BC, MDA-MB-231
p‑p38↑, ROS↑, TumCP↓, eff↑, XIAP↓, survivin↓, Bcl-xL↓, Bcl-2↓, Ki-67↓, *Catalase↑, *SOD↑, *GSH↑, hepatoP↑, p‑MAPK↑, JNK↓, eff↓,
2122- TQ,    Review on Molecular and Therapeutic Potential of Thymoquinone in Cancer
- Review, Var, NA
ChemoSen↓, *ROS↓, *GSH↑, RenoP↑, hepatoP↑, COX2↓, NF-kB↓, chemoPv↑, neuroP↑, TumCCA↑, P21↑, p27↑, ROS↑, DNAdam↑, MUC4↓,
2124- TQ,    Thymoquinone: an emerging natural drug with a wide range of medical applications
- Review, Var, NA
hepatoP↑, Bax:Bcl2↑, cycD1/CCND1↓, P21↑, TRAIL↑, P53↑, TumCCA↑, hepatoP↑, *ALAT↓, *AST↓, *MDA↓, *GSSG↓, *COX2↓, *lipid-P↓, PPARγ↑, p38↑, ROS↑, ChemoSen↑, selectivity↑, selectivity↑, *MDA↓, *SOD↑,
2102- TQ,    A review on therapeutic potential of Nigella sativa: A miracle herb
- Review, Var, NA
angioG↓, NF-kB↓, PPARγ↓, Bcl-2↓, Bcl-xL↓, MUC4↓, cJun↑, p38↑, P21↑, HDAC↓, *radioP↑, hepatoP↑,
2113- TQ,    Potential role of Nigella sativa (NS) in abating oxidative stress-induced toxicity in rats: a possible protection mechanism
- in-vivo, Nor, NA
*antiOx↑, *RenoP↑, *hepatoP↑, *SOD↑, *GSH↑, *ROS↓, *lipid-P↓, ALAT↓, creat↓,
2116- TQ,  Cisplatin,    Oral administration of Nigella sativa oil ameliorates the effect of cisplatin on membrane enzymes, carbohydrate metabolism and oxidative damage in rat liver
- in-vivo, Nor, NA
*hepatoP↑, *antiOx↑, *ROS↓, ALAT↓, AST↓,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 20 of 20

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 20

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

antiOx↑, 1,   Catalase↑, 1,   GPx↑, 1,   GSH↓, 1,   GSH↑, 1,   GSR↑, 1,   GSTs↑, 1,   NRF2↑, 1,   ROS↑, 6,   ROS⇅, 1,   SOD1↑, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

XIAP↓, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

ALAT↓, 2,   AMPK↑, 1,   cMyc↓, 2,   PPARγ↓, 2,   PPARγ↑, 1,   SIRT1↓, 1,   SIRT1↑, 1,  

Cell Death ⓘ

Akt↓, 3,   Akt↑, 1,   Apoptosis↑, 4,   Bak↑, 1,   BAX↑, 3,   Bax:Bcl2↑, 1,   Bcl-2↓, 4,   Bcl-2↑, 1,   Bcl-xL↓, 4,   Casp↑, 1,   Casp3↑, 2,   Casp7↑, 2,   Casp9↑, 2,   JNK↓, 1,   JNK↑, 1,   MAPK↓, 1,   p‑MAPK↑, 1,   p27↑, 3,   p38↑, 3,   p‑p38↑, 1,   survivin↓, 3,   TRAIL↑, 1,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction ⓘ

cSrc↓, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics ⓘ

cJun↑, 1,   EZH2↓, 1,  

Autophagy & Lysosomes ⓘ

Beclin-1↑, 1,   p62↓, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

BRCA1↑, 1,   DNAdam↑, 1,   DNMT1↓, 2,   DNMT3A↓, 1,   GADD45A↑, 1,   P53↑, 4,   cl‑PARP↑, 2,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

CDK2↓, 1,   cycA1/CCNA1↓, 1,   cycD1/CCND1↓, 4,   cycE/CCNE↓, 1,   P21↑, 7,   TumCCA↑, 6,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

EMT↓, 3,   ERK↓, 2,   p‑ERK↓, 1,   GSK‐3β↓, 1,   GSK‐3β↑, 1,   HDAC↓, 4,   HDAC1↓, 2,   HDAC2↓, 1,   HDAC3↓, 1,   HDAC4↓, 1,   mTOR↓, 2,   PI3K↓, 4,   PTEN↑, 3,   STAT3↓, 1,   p‑STAT3↓, 1,   TumCG↓, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

E-cadherin↓, 1,   E-cadherin↑, 1,   FAK↓, 1,   Ki-67↓, 2,   MMP9↓, 1,   MMPs↓, 2,   MUC4↓, 2,   N-cadherin↓, 1,   TumCP↓, 5,   TumMeta↓, 2,   Twist↓, 3,   Vim↓, 1,   Zeb1↓, 2,   β-catenin/ZEB1↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

angioG↓, 4,   angioG↑, 1,   VEGF↓, 2,   VEGFR2↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

COX2↓, 2,   CXCR4↓, 1,   Inflam↓, 1,   JAK2↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 5,   p‑NF-kB↑, 1,  

Protein Aggregation ⓘ

NLRP3↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

BioAv↝, 1,   ChemoSen↓, 1,   ChemoSen↑, 4,   eff↓, 1,   eff↑, 6,   RadioS↑, 1,   selectivity↑, 4,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

ALAT↓, 2,   AST↓, 1,   BRCA1↑, 1,   creat↓, 1,   EZH2↓, 1,   Ki-67↓, 2,   Maspin↑, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

AntiCan↑, 2,   cardioP↑, 2,   chemoP↑, 2,   chemoPv↑, 1,   hepatoP↑, 11,   neuroP↑, 4,   RenoP↑, 4,  

Infection & Microbiome ⓘ

Sepsis↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 122

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

antiOx↑, 8,   Catalase↑, 5,   GPx↑, 3,   GSH↑, 6,   GSSG↓, 1,   GSTA1↑, 1,   GSTs↑, 1,   H2O2↓, 1,   HO-1↑, 1,   Keap1↓, 1,   lipid-P↓, 4,   MDA↓, 5,   NRF2↑, 3,   ROS↓, 9,   SOD↑, 8,   Thiols↑, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

MMP↑, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

ALAT↓, 2,   cMyc↓, 1,   LDH↓, 1,   NAD↑, 1,   SIRT1↑, 1,  

Cell Death ⓘ

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

Transcription & Epigenetics ⓘ

other↝, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

cycD1/CCND1↓, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

MMP13↓, 1,   MMP9↓, 1,   TGF-β↓, 1,   TumCI↓, 1,   TumCP↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

LOX1↓, 1,   NO↓, 1,   VEGF↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

COX2↓, 4,   CRP↓, 2,   IL10↑, 1,   IL12↓, 1,   IL1β↓, 4,   IL6↓, 2,   Inflam↓, 7,   MyD88↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 3,   PGE2↓, 1,   TLR2↓, 1,   TLR4↓, 1,   TNF-α↓, 2,   TRIF↓, 1,  

Synaptic & Neurotransmission ⓘ

AChE↓, 2,   GABA↑, 1,  

Protein Aggregation ⓘ

Aβ↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

BioAv↓, 1,   BioAv↑, 1,   BioAv↝, 1,   eff↑, 3,   Half-Life↝, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

ALAT↓, 2,   ALP↓, 1,   AST↓, 2,   CRP↓, 2,   IL6↓, 2,   LDH↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

AntiAge↑, 1,   AntiCan↑, 1,   cardioP↑, 3,   cognitive↑, 1,   hepatoP↑, 10,   memory↑, 1,   neuroP↑, 4,   radioP↑, 1,   RenoP↑, 4,  

Infection & Microbiome ⓘ

Bacteria↓, 1,   IRF3↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 76

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: hepatoP, L,hepatoprotective
20 Thymoquinone
1 Silver-NanoParticles
1 Radiotherapy/Radiation
1 Cisplatin
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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