Anticancer Plants: Clinical Trials and Nanotechnology : Volume 3 / edited by Mohd Sayeed Akhtar, Mallappa Kumara Swamy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Akhtar, Mohd. Sayeed, editor.

Kumara Swamy, Mallappa, editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Biomedical and Life Sciences (Springer-11642)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plant physiology.

Proteomics.

Agriculture.

Plant genetics.

Plant Physiology.

Plant Genetics and Genomics.

Local Subjects:

Plant Physiology.

Proteomics.

Agriculture.

Plant Genetics and Genomics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIV, 322 pages) : 27 illustrations, 10 illustrations in color

Edition:

First edition 2017.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in human beings. Though several synthetic medicines are used to treat cancer, they are largely inefficient and unsafe. In contrast, plants, which have been used for medicinal purposes since time immemorial, have proved to be useful in fighting cancer, with natural compounds from plants and their derivatives offering safe and effective treatment and management for several types of cancer. Plants such as Catharanthus roseus, Podophyllum peltatum, Taxus brevifolia, Camptotheca acuminate, Andrographis paniculata, Crateva nurvala, Croton tonkinensis, Oplopanax horridus et cetera, are important source of chemotherapeutic compounds. These plants have proven their value in the treatment of cancer and various other infectious diseases, and several common anticancer compounds such as taxol, podophyllotoxins, camptothecin, vinblastine, vincristine, homoharringtonine et cetera have been isolated and purified from these medicinal plants. Unfortunately, many of these anticancer plants have become endangered due to ruthless and irresponsible harvesting practices. Hence, there is a need to conserve these species and to propagate them on a large scale using plant tissue culture. Alternatively, plant cell tissue and organ culture biotechnology could be adopted to produce these anticancer compounds without the need for cultivation. A better grasp and continuing exploration of these isolated molecules and products could provide a powerful alternative means of reducing cancer risk. "Anticancer Plants: Volume 3, Clinical Trials and Nanotechnology" provides a timely review of concepts and experimental data on the application of anticancer plants and their compounds in clinical trials, and on the use of nanotechnology in cancer therapy.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Cancer therapies: Current scenario, management and safety aspects

Chapter 2. Nano-natural products as anticancer agents

Chapter 3. Natural anticancer compounds and their derivatives in clinical trials

Chapter 4. Insight approaches of medicinal plants for the discovery of anticancer drugs

Chapter 5. Designing of natural cancerous drugs and their delivery system

Chapter 6. Applications of nano based novel drug delivery systems in herbal medicine mediated cancer therapy

Chapter 7. Toxicological and pharmacological use of anticancer compounds

Chapter 8. Recent advancements in the clinical evaluation of plant derived anticancer compounds

Chapter 9. Organosulfur compounds of garlic as potent chemotherapeutic agents against cancer

Chapter 10. Relevance of traditional unani (Greco-Arab) System of medicine in cancer: An update

Chapter 11. Signaling pathways of anticancer plants: Action and reaction.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-981-10-8216-0

9789811082160

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