BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS AND MECHANISM OF ACTIONS OF SOME MEDICINAL HERBS HAVING ANTI CANCER ACTIVITY - A REVIEW
Renugaadevi R.* and Vasuki K.
ABSTRACT
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. Now a day’s cancer is a very common and most dangerous disease in this world. When compared to man, women are mostly affected by cancer especially the breast cancer. Some synthetic drugs are available to treat cancer cells but these drugs are not fully cure the cancer cells just improve life time of the affected persons. This paper describes anti cancer activity containing medicinal plants and their bioactive (cytotoxic substance) constituents.
Keywords: Medicinal herbs, bioactive compounds, Mechanism of action, anticancer activity.
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