Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 1328 Proteomics, Metabolomics, Interactomics and Systems Biology Amirhossein Sahebkar Thozhukat Sathyapalan Editors Natural Products and Human Diseases Pharmacology, Molecular Targets, and Therapeutic Benefits Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Series Editors Wim E. Crusio Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d’Aquitaine, CNRS and University of Bordeaux Pessac Cedex, France Haidong Dong Departments of Urology and Immunology Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN, USA Heinfried H. Radeke Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology Clinic of the Goethe University Frankfurt Main Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany Nima Rezaei Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children's Medical Center Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran Ortrud Steinlein Institute of Human Genetics LMU University Hospital Munich, Germany Junjie Xiao Cardiac Regeneration and Ageing Lab, Institute of Cardiovascular Science School of Life Science, Shanghai University Shanghai, China Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology provides a platform for scientific contributions in the main disciplines of the biomedicine and the life sciences. This series publishes thematic volumes on contemporary research in the areas of microbiology, immunology, neurosciences, biochemistry, biomedical engineering, genetics, physiology, and cancer research. Covering emerging topics and techniques in basic and clinical science, it brings together clinicians and researchers from various fields. 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Of note, the past decade has witnessed a surge of findings from randomized controlled trials testifying to the safety and efficacy of natural products either as adjuncts or even alternative to standard-of-care medications for several illnesses. Biomolecular studies have unveiled hundreds of cellular and molecular tar- gets for phytochemicals, including key transcription factors, receptors, enzymes, hormones, neurotransmitters, cytokines, lipids and non-coding RNAs. Extensive research on the preventive and therapeutic effects of natural products necessitates regular updating of the literature regarding the potential roles of these compounds in different human diseases. This new book is dis- tinctive in providing the most recent update on the pharmacological and clini- cal features of natural products and the role of phytopharmaceutical compounds in health and disease. The chapters are written by the authors with a long-standing of research on the health benefits of natural products. Iran has been a major source of research and publication on different aspects of natural products, especially medicinal plants. During the past decade and Iranian authors are among the world leaders of research on natural medicines based on the metrics provided by international indexing databases. Authoritative chapters are written by experienced authors and scientists well known for their contributions in their research topics, which makes this book suitable for researchers within the natural product research community and attractive to a broad audience including physicians, clinical scientists, and major drug companies. The chapters will collectively provide useful insights on the regulatory effects of phytochemicals and nutraceuticals on pathogenic molecular signatures associated with pathologies, disease biomarkers and ageing-related pathways. Mashhad, Iran Amirhossein Sahebkar Hull, UK Thozhukat Sathyapalan v Contents Effects of Curcuminoids on Systemic Inflammation and Quality of Life in Patients with Colorectal Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial . . . . . . 1 Yunes Panahi, Maryam Saberi-Karimian, Omid Valizadeh, Behzad Behnam, Alireza Saadat, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Muhammed Majeed, and Amirhosein Sahebkar Curcumin and Piperine Combination for the Treatment of Patients with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Double- Blind Randomized Placebo-C ontrolled Trial . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Seyed Reza Mirhafez, Maryam Dehabeh, Mitra Hariri, Azam Rezaie Farimani, Ali Movahedi, Ronika Danesh Naderan, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Luis E. Simental-Mendía, and Amirhossein Sahebkar Evaluation of the Effects of Nanomicellar Curcumin, Berberine, and Their Combination with 5-Fluorouracil on Breast Cancer Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Parisa Ziasarabi, Amirhossein Sahebkar, and Faezeh Ghasemi The Effect of Herbal Medicine and Natural Bioactive Compounds on Plasma Adiponectin: A Clinical Review . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Mohammad Amin Atazadegan, Mohammad Bagherniya, Omid Fakheran, Thozhukat Sathyapalan, and Amirhossein Sahebkar The Effects of Nutraceuticals and Bioactive Natural Compounds on Chronic Periodontitis: A Clinical Review . . . . . . . . . 59 Omid Fakheran, Abbasali Khademi, Mohammad Bagherniya, Thozhukat Sathyapalan, and Amirhossein Sahebkar The Multifaceted Actions of Curcumin in Obesity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Vanessa Bianconi, Matteo Pirro, Seyed Mohammad Hassan Moallem, Muhammed Majeed, Paola Bronzo, Marco D’Abbondanza, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, and Amirhossein Sahebkar Antiviral Plants in View of Avicenna’s The Canon of Medicine and Modern Medicine Against Common Cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Elham Ramazani, Seyed Ahmad Emami, Nilufar Tayarani-Najaran, Amirhossein Sahebkar, and Zahra Tayarani-Najaran vii viii Contents Antifungal Activity of Curcuminoids and Difluorinated Curcumin Against Clinical Isolates of Candida Species . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Behnam Azari, Shaghayegh Zahmatkesh Moghadam, Hossein Zarrinfar, Aida Tasbandi, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, and Amirhossein Sahebkar Investigation of the Effects of Difluorinated Curcumin on Glycemic Indices in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats . . . . . . 131 Shabnam Radbakhsh, Amir Abbas Momtazi-Borojeni, Ali Mahmoudi, Mohammad Reza Sarborji, Mahdi Hatamipour, Seyed Adel Moallem, Stephen L. Atkin, and Amirhossein Sahebkar Evaluation of the Effect of Crocin on Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Parisa Esmaili Motlagh, Arefeh Ghafari Novin, Fatemeh Ghahari, Amin Nikzad, Mohadeseh Khoshandam, Saba Mardani, Hashem Khanbabaei, Alireza Farsinejad, Thozhukat Sathyapalan, Amirhossein Sahebkar, and Hossein Pourghadamyari The Role of Chemokines in Cardiovascular Diseases and the Therapeutic Effect of Curcumin on CXCL8 and CCL2 as Pathological Chemokines in Atherosclerosis . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Mahdiyeh Hedayati-Moghadam, Sara Hosseinian, Maryam Paseban, Arezoo Gowhari Shabgah, Jamshid Gholizadeh, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Thozhukat Sathyapalan, and Amirhossein Sahebkar Health Benefits of Turmeric and Curcumin Against Food Contaminants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Bahareh Sadat Yousefsani, Majid Dadmehr, Kobra Shirani, Amirhossein Jamshidi, Thozhukat Sathyapalan, and Amirhossein Sahebkar The Effects of Curcumin Plus Piperine Supplementation in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized, Double- Blind, and Placebo-Controlled Trial . . . . . . 199 Samaneh Tabaee, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Tayebe Aghamohammadi, Manizhe Pakdel, Maryam Dehabeh, Reza Sobhani, Mona Alidadi, Muhammed Majeed, and Seyed Reza Mirhafez Protective Effects of Curcumin on Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Fatmeh Amin, Shiba Yousefvand, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Thomas P. Johnston, and Amirhossein Sahebkar Protective Effects of Curcumin in the Reproductive System: Anti-t oxic, Semen Cryopreservative, and Contraceptive Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Maryam Matbou Riahi, Behzad Behnam, Neil C. Henney, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, and Amirhossein Sahebkar Contents ix The Protective Role of Nutraceuticals in Critically Ill Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Farshid Rahimibashar, Masoum Khosh Fetrat, Keivan Gohari- Moghadam, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, and Amirhossein Sahebkar The Effects of Curcumin on the Side Effects of Anticancer Drugs in Chemotherapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial . . . . . . . . . 255 Yunes Panahi, Amir Vahedian-Azimi, Alireza Saadat, Gholamreza Togeh, Farshid Rahimibashar, Masoum Khosh Fetrat, Hossein Amirfakhrian, Seyed Adel Moallem, Muhammed Majeed, and Amirhossein Sahebkar Crocin Improves Diabetes-Induced Oxidative Stress via Downregulating the Nox-4 in Myocardium of Diabetic Rats . . . . . . . 275 Habib Yaribeygi, Mina Maleki, Mohammad Taghi Mohammadi, Thozhukat Sathyapalan, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, and Amirhossein Sahebkar Role of Herbal Medicines in the Management of Brain Injury . . . . . 287 Mohammad Reza Safdari, Farzaneh Shakeri, Ameneh Mohammadi, Bahram Bibak, Peiman Alesheikh, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Thozhukat Sathyapalan, and Amirhossein Sahebkar The Effects of Ginsenosides on the Nrf2 Signaling Pathway . . . . . . . 307 Milad Ashrafizadeh, Zahra Ahmadi, Habib Yaribeygi, Thozhukat Sathyapalan, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, and Amirhossein Sahebkar The Effect of Green Coffee Bean Extract on Cardiovascular Risk Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Makan Pourmasoumi, Amir Hadi, Wolfgang Marx, Ameneh Najafgholizadeh, Sukhdeep Kaur, and Amirhossein Sahebkar Nanomicellar Curcumin Supplementation Improves the Clinical Manifestations of HAM/TSP Patients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Asadollah Mohammadi, Shadi Zamanian Yazdi, Zohreh Poursina, Ian N. Hampson, Veda Vakili, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Mohammad Mehdi Akbarien, Hamidreza Rahimi, Rosita Vakili, Reza Boostani, and Houshang Rafatpanah The Effects of Ivy (Hedera helix) on Respiratory Problems and Cough in Humans: A Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 Hamed Baharara, Ali Tafazoli Moghadam, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Seyed Ahmad Emami, Tara Tayebi, and Amir Hooshang Mohammadpour Safety and Efficacy of Oral Supplementation of Lentil (Lens culinaris Medic) in Dry Eye Patients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Yunes Panahi, Mehdi Roozbahani, Shiva Pirhadi, Hossein Aghamollaei, Farhad Nejat, Mostafa Naderi, Sara Serahati, Khosrow Jadidi, Thozhukat Sathyapalan, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, and Amirhossein Sahebkar x Contents A Review of Glycyrrhiza glabra (Licorice) Effects on Metabolic Syndrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Fatemeh Jafari, Mohsen Jafari, Ali Tafazoli Moghadam, Seyed Ahmad Emami, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Amir Hooshang Mohammadpour, and Amirhossein Sahebkar Natural Insulin Sensitizers for the Management of Diabetes Mellitus: A Review of Possible Molecular Mechanisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 Habib Yaribeygi, Thozhukat Sathyapalan, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, and Amirhossein Sahebkar Evaluation of the Anti- constipation Effects of Abdominal Application of Olive Oil Ointment in Children 1–4 Years Old: A Pilot Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 Hossein Arman-Asl, Amir Hooshang Mohammadpour, Abdolkarim Hamedi, Seyed Ahmad Emami, Mohammadreza Abbaspour, Amirhossein Sahebkar, and Behjat Javadi Therapeutic Potential of Pomegranate in Metabolic Disorders . . . . . 421 Maryam Akaberi, Zahra Boghrati, Amirhossein Sahebkar, and Seyed Ahmad Emami Resveratrol as a Probable Multiheaded Treatment Approach for COVID-19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441 Roohollah Ahmadian, Hossein Biganeh, Yunes Panahi, Paul C. Guest, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, and Amirhossein Sahebkar A Review on the Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, and Therapeutic Effects of Rheum ribes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 Zakieh Keshavarzi, Farzaneh Shakeri, Fatemeh Maghool, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Thomas P. Johnston, and Amirhossein Sahebkar Antitumor and Protective Effects of Melatonin: The Potential Roles of MicroRNAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463 Milad Ashrafizadeh, Zahra Ahmadi, Habib Yaribeygi, Thozhukat Sathyapalan, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, and Amirhossein Sahebkar Antioxidant Effects of Trehalose in an Experimental Model of Type 2 Diabetes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 Shabnam Radbakhsh, Shiva Ganjali, Seyed Adel Moallem, Paul C. Guest, and Amirhossein Sahebkar Investigation of the Effects of Trehalose on Glycemic Indices in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481 Shabnam Radbakhsh, Amir Abbas Momtazi- Borojeni, Ali Mahmoudi, Mohammad Reza Sarborji, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Thozhukat Sathyapalan, and Amirhossein Sahebkar