Role of medicinal plants against cancer
- Title
- Role of medicinal plants against cancer
- Creator
- Gunasekaran A.; Sathya T.; Arumugam V.A.; Balasubramanian B.; Robert A.A.; Meyyazhagan A.
- Description
- Cancer is a fatal disease where uncontrolled multiplication of cells occurs in the body. Radiation therapy, Chemotherapy, and medications are some of the procedures for treating cancer infections, but they are expensive, and the cure is ineffective. Usage of plants for the treatment of cancer can be one of the effective processes as the phytochemical compounds in these plants have the potential of alleviating various malignancies that includes cancer. The phytochemical compounds found in the plants have the medicinal properties like anti-inflammation, apoptotic, anti-oxidative to treat various disease include the cancer. The following chapter will be about the Indian medicinal plants such as Carica papaya, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Morinda citrifolia, Azadirachta indica, Psidium guajava, and Annona reticulate, in treating the cancer and its future perspectives. 2024, IGI Global.
- Source
- Harnessing Medicinal Plants in Cancer Prevention and Treatment, pp. 185-215.
- Date
- 2024-01-01
- Publisher
- IGI Global
- Coverage
- Gunasekaran A., Bharathiar University, India; Sathya T., Bharathiar University, India; Arumugam V.A., Bharathiar University, India; Balasubramanian B., Sejong University, South Korea; Robert A.A., Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Saudi Arabia; Meyyazhagan A., Christ University, India
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISBN: 979-836931647-4; 979-836931646-7
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Book chapter
Collection
Citation
Gunasekaran A.; Sathya T.; Arumugam V.A.; Balasubramanian B.; Robert A.A.; Meyyazhagan A., “Role of medicinal plants against cancer,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 23, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/17780.