A Review on Medicinal Plants as a Potential Source for Cancer.pdf (original) (raw)

Cancer is a major health problem in both developed and developing countries. Cancer is the second leading cause of death after cardiovascular disease. Due to high death rate associated with cancer and serious side effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy, many cancer patients seek alternative and/or complementary methods of treatment. India, which are being used traditionally for the prevention and treatment of cancer. However, only few medicinal plants have attracted the interest of scientists to investigate the remedy for neoplasm (tumor or cancer). Hence, an attempt has been made to review some medicinal plants used to prove scientific validation for the prevention and treatment of cancer. This article considers 82 medicinal plants belonging to 46 families and information on the Botanical name, family name, parts used, experimental model and mechanism of action were presented. This article provides basic handful information for researchers who are interested to work on medicinal plants for innovation of active biological compounds that to work on cancer as a principle mechanism.