Potent Anticancer Medicinal Plants Secondary Metabolite Profiling, Active Ingredients, and Pharmacological Outcomes (1版)

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.

1. Garcinia indica Tewin Tencomnao 2. Centella asiatica Linn Sagar Barge, Dhananjay Jade, and Narayan Chandra Talukdar 3. The Anticancer Activity of Nigella sativa on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Iffat Zareen Ahmad and Heena Tabassum 4. Boswellia serrata Roxb Manohar Mv., Anu Pandita, Amogha G. Paladhi, Bhoomika Inamdar, Sugumari Vallinayagam, Deepu Pandita, and K. M. Srinivasa Murthy 5. Catharanthus roseus Ramachandra Reddy Pamuru, Rajagopal Reddy S., Ambedkar, Chandrasekhar T., Madhusudhana Reddy A., and Chandramathi Shankar P. 6. Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal Pulala Raghuveer Yadav, Lepakshi Md. Bhakshu, K. Venkata Ratnam, Anu Pandita, Deepu Pandita, and K. M. Srinivasa Murthy 7. Camptotheca acuminata Decne Amogha G. Paladhi, Anu Pandita, Manohar M. V., Bhoomika Inamdar, Sugumari Vallinayagam, Deepu Pandita, and K. M. Srinivasa Murthy 8. Taxus baccata Rohit Sam Ajee and Shuchi Kaushik 9. Panax ginseng Shalini Gurumayum, Sagar Barge, and Jagat C. Borah 10. Tinospora cordifolia (Thunb.) Miers. Lepakshi Md. Bhakshu, Pulala Raghuveer Yadav, K. Venkata Ratnam, Anu Pandita, Deepu Pandita, and K. M. Srinivasa Murthy 11. Taxus brevifolia (Nutt.) Pilger. K. Venkata Ratnam, Lepakshi Md. Bhakshu, Pulala Raghuveer Yadav, Anu Pandita, Deepu Pandita, and K. M. Srinivasa Murthy 12. Glycyrrhiza glabra Vijay Kumar Veena, B. Uma Reddy, Adhikesavan Harikrishnan, and Ramasamy Shanmugavalli 13. Ocimum sanctum Sharmistha Banerjee, Rajesh Singh Tomar, and Shuchi Kaushik