Abstract

A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW ON NATURAL SOURCES AGAINST CANCER

Kishore Mendam*, V. Mangesh, S.Vamshi, S. Jithender Kumar Naik

Abstract

This article review on some medicinal plants used for the prevention and treatment of cancer among population. Many of the environmental pollutants, drugs, chemicals, residues of pesticides and toxins present in food are common carcinogenic agents of cancer in human population. Herbs are play a vital role in prevention and treatment of several diseases. Medicinal plants and their products cure various diseases including cancer without causing toxicity. Hence there is a need to find natural anti-carcinogenic agents having the anti-cancer potential to prevent cancer. Plants have a long history of use in the treatment of cancer. A number of scientific investigations have highlighted the importance and contribution of many plant families are used as medicinal plants. Medicinal plants play a vital role for the development of new drugs. The herbal medicines (or) natural drugs are plant derived material or preparations, which contain either raw or processed ingredients from one or more plants. These compounds have been used as natural drugs, either in their original or Semi-Synthetic form. This review summarizes some important pharmacological and preliminary studies on anti cancer potential medicinal plants, source , products and their physiological activities or pharmacological activities, which can be investigated further to achieve lead molecules in the search of modern herbal drugs to treat several diseases. The continued search for natural medicines is necessary for finding additional sources of active components that are suitable for clinical application.

Keywords: medicinal plants, Cancer, natural drugs.