Role of Medicinal Plants Against Lung Cancer

Abstract

Nowadays for treatment of various diseases, scientific studies are conducted using the medicinal plants of both domestic and wild for curing purpose. Every plant contain compounds that have medicinal properties and can be isolated from the plants parts. Due to plants diversity in India and use in Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha, India is known as medicinal hub. Lung cancer is the third most common cancer, that develops in lung tissue and are of two type's non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer. Many factors cause lung cancer; tobacco smoking is the prominent cause of lung cancer. The individuals who smoke have 20-30% more chance of developing lung cancer than non-smokers. The conventional treatment of lung cancer, are chemotherapy, stem cell therapy, and electrochemical treatments. Plants and the compounds present can be used for treating lung cancer. So in this chapter will focus on plants Acalypha indica, Solanum trilobatum, Justicia adhatoda, Coleus amboinicus and Piper nigrum in lung cancer treatment and on the medicinal properties.