2017
DOI: 10.5138/09750185.2118
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Need of an Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine in the Treatment of Cancer- A review

Abstract: A b s t r a c tThe already available expensive conventional therapies for cancer like chemotherapy and radiotherapy have a number of side effects such as myelosuppression and neurological, cardiac, pulmonary, and renal toxicity, which pose serious harm to the quality of there is a need to develop treatment options that include more potent and less toxic anticancer drugs as compared to existing drugs. and vegetables because of phytochemical compounds ex activity of antioxidant and free radicals which in turn sh… Show more

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“…It is believed that natural metabolites, particularly of plant and microbial origin, may prove beneficial in amelioration of cancers [ 2 ]. Several anticancer agents such as vinca alkaloids, podophyllotoxins, and campothecins are of plant origin [ 3 , 4 ]. Among these plant metabolites, alkaloids have been shown to exhibit a wide array of pharmacological properties such as anti-inflammatory, anticancer, and antimicrobial effects [ 5 , 6 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is believed that natural metabolites, particularly of plant and microbial origin, may prove beneficial in amelioration of cancers [ 2 ]. Several anticancer agents such as vinca alkaloids, podophyllotoxins, and campothecins are of plant origin [ 3 , 4 ]. Among these plant metabolites, alkaloids have been shown to exhibit a wide array of pharmacological properties such as anti-inflammatory, anticancer, and antimicrobial effects [ 5 , 6 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Los estudios de plantas con potencial anticanceroso son cada vez más numerosos (10,11) , debido a que estos vegetales poseen un potencial excelente de estructuras que sirven como base para agentes terapéuticos para el tratamiento del dicha enfermedad (12)(13)(14) , como es el caso de la quimioterapia (15) ; debido a ello existe una cantidad de agentes promisorios que se encuentran en desarrollo clínico y preclínico (16) ; además, muchos derivados de las plantas son usadas para el tratamiento del cáncer (17) . Entre este grupo de plantas promisorias se encuentran las de la familia Bignoniaceae; sin embargo, aún queda un número importante de especies por investigar a fondo, por ejemplo, el Handroanthus obscurus (Bureau & K.…”
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