anti-cancer, antiviral, anti-parasitic, anti-inflammatory, anti-obesity, neuroprotective, nephroprotective, antioxidant, wound healingsubsequent cleavage of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase and caspase-3 activationtelomerase activity decreasehTERT expression down-regulationcell death induction. The gene discussed is CASP3; the disease is cancer.