Potent Anticancer Medicinal Plants: Secondary Metabolite Profiling, Active Ingredients, and Pharmacological Outcomes
€15.00Deepu Pandita, Anu Pandita
ISBNs: B0CKFGRXJ7, 1774913119, 9781774913116, 9781774913123,
9781003431190, 978-1774913116, 978-1774913123, 978-1003431190,
978-1-77491-311-6, 978-1-77491-312-3, 978-1-00343-119-0
English | 2024 | PDF | 307 Pages
Herbal medicines play a critical role in the prevention and treatment
of cancer disorders, which are a foremost cause of human disease and
death worldwide. This new volume provides a wealth of valuable
information on the most vital plant genera and species that have potent
anticancer activities, namely Garcinia indica, Centella asiatica Linn,
Nigella sativa, Ocimum sanctum, Boswellia serrata Roxb, Catharanthus
roseus, Withania somnifera (Linn.) Dunal, Camptotheca acuminata Decne,
Taxus baccata L., Panax ginseng, Tinospora cordifolia (Wild) Miers,
Taxus brevifolia, and Glycyrrhiza glabra. These anticancer medicinal
plants are bestowed with a novel and essential array of chemotherapeutic
complexes, biologically active molecules, and secondary metabolites
(such as taxol, vinblastine, vincristine, camptothecin, topotecan, etc.)
with promising properties to cure cancer in humans. These plants show a
vast potential for new drug discovery in the era of modern medicine to
fight against cancer.
Key features of the book:
Provides
knowledge of secondary metabolite profiling, active ingredients, modes
of action, and pharmacological outcomes of various anticancer plants
Discusses the potential of important anticancer plants at the global level
Offers information to promote the discovery of new drugs from anticancer plants
This
book will be valuable to oncologists, cancer researchers,
biotechnologists, medicinal chemists, pharmacists, pharmacologists,
phytochemists, members of biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences working
in the areas of cancer treatment, and upper-level students and
residents in pharmacy and medicine.
