1Department of Pharmacy, Sagar Institute of Technology & Management, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India
2S. D. College of Pharmacy and Vocational Studies, Muzafffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India
American Journal of Pharmacological Sciences.
2013,
Vol. 1 No. 6, 104-115
DOI: 10.12691/ajps-1-6-1
Copyright © 2013 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Om Prakash, Amit Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Ajeet. Anticancer Potential of Plants and Natural Products: A Review.
American Journal of Pharmacological Sciences. 2013; 1(6):104-115. doi: 10.12691/ajps-1-6-1.
Correspondence to: Ajeet, S. D. College of Pharmacy and Vocational Studies, Muzafffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. Email:
ajeet_pharma111@rediffmail.comAbstract
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death and globally the numbers of cases of cancer are increasing gradually. There are several medicines available in the market to treat the various types of cancer but no drug is found to be fully effective and safe. The major problem in the cancer chemotherapy is the toxicity of the established drugs. However plants and plant derived products have proved effective and safe in the treatment and management of cancers. These days most of the research work on cancer drugs is targeted on plants and plants derived natural products. Many natural products and their analogues have been identified as potent anti-cancer agents and day by day the anti-cancer property of various plants is being identified. Here an attempt is being made through this review to highlights the natural products and their analogues established as anti-cancer agents and the new plant species identified with anti-cancer properties either in vivo or in vitro.
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