Anticancer agents from medicinal plants

Antiproliferative Activity of Allelochemicals Present in Aqueous Extract of Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn. In Apical Meristems and Wistar Rat Bone Marrow Cells

“…Our findings further support that the antiproliferative tests with the onion root apical meristem cells are correlated with in vivo test using WRBMCs and that was also earlier validated by using other animal cells [44], [45] . The medicinal properties of plants have been claimed to lie in their phytochemical ingredients which can produce a specific action on the human physiology [46][47][48][49][50][51] . The efficient anticancer and anti-neoplastic agents exert their effect through the cell cycle progression machinery [42] .…”

Phytochemical Evaluation of Various Solvent Extracts of the Leaves, Fruits and Shoots of Ferula Jaeschkeana Vatke

“…According to World Health Organization medicinal plants are the finest source to obtain variety of drugs [1]. In last five decades, plants have been extensively studied by advanced scientific techniques and various medicinal properties viz., anticancer, antibacterial, antioxidant, antifungal, antidiabetic, hepatoprotective, haemolytic, larvicidal and anti-inflammatory activities [2,3] have been reported. There is a diverse array of phytochemicals present in the plants but the most important are alkaloids, flavonoid, tannin and phenolic compounds [4].…”

Phyllanthus Sp a Local Plant With Multiple Medicinal Properties

“…Different stages of the tumor exhibit different responses to treatment thus making treatment very difficult. Most of the chemotherapeutic drugs including doxorubicin and cisplatin, mainly affect the fast-dividing cells of the body causing undesirable side effects such as pain, nausea, vomiting, alopecia, and anaemia (38).…”