Caspase Activators: Phytochemicals with Apoptotic Properties Targeting Cancer, a Health Care Strategy to Combat this Disease

Context: Caspases, a family of cysteine-aspartic proteases have a pivotal role in apoptotic pathways. Their down-regulation is reported to induce inappropriate cell survival and enhanced carcinogenic potential. Screening of phytochemicals with a capacity to activate caspases enhancing apoptotic capacity has been proven to be effective anticancer agents. Objectives: This review consolidates data on phtochemicals traditionally used to treat cancerous conditions. The scientific validation of caspase-activated apoptosis for this tradition& application has been compiled. Methods: Internet assisted scientific literature was collected from Google, Google Scholar, Research Gate and NCI, restricted to publications from 1997 to 2019. Search terms `caspases and cancer', `assay of caspases', `traditionally used medicinal plants', `Kani tribes', `plant extracts activating caspase', `cytotoxicity assay', `docking phytochemicals to caspase', `technological advancement for anticancer therapy', `clinical studies of plant extracts and phytochemicals' and `herbal drugs approved by FDA' was included. Results: The compilation revealed significance of multiple experiment& strategies, traditional research laboratory practices and advanced in silico molecular docking techniques in anticancer therapy. Technological advancement such as MALDI-TOF assisted phytochemical mediated protein target identification and designing promoter for caspases activation and synthesizing functionalized nano carriers for clinic& studies has been included for identification of hit molecule and lead optimization. Eugenol and berberine were identified as phytochemicals with potential drug characteristics by both in silico and in vivo studies. Conclusion: The phytochemicals from important Kani tribal medicinal plants via in silico docking and in vivo studies identified could be explored at clinical trials

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Not AvailableInsect Barcode Information System called as Insect Barcode Informática (IBIn) is an online database resource developed by the National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects, Bangalore. This database provides acquisition, storage, analysis and publication of DNA barcode records of agriculturally important insects, for researchers specifically in India and other countries. It bridges a gap in bioinformatics by integrating molecular, morphological and distribution details of agriculturally important insects. IBIn was developed using PHP/My SQL by using relational database management concept. This database is based on the client–server architecture, where many clients can access data simultaneously. IBIn is freely available on-line and is user-friendly. IBIn allows the registered users to input new information, search and view information related to DNA barcode of agriculturally important insects.This paper provides a current status of insect barcode in India and brief introduction about the database IBIn.Not Availabl