Anticancer Plants: A Review of the Active Phytochemicals, Applications in Animal Models, and Regulatory Aspects

The rising burden of cancer worldwide calls for an alternative treatment solution. Herbal medicine provides a very feasible alternative to western medicine against cancer. This article reviews the selected plant species with active phytochemicals, the animal models used for these studies, and their...

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Published in:Biomolecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 47
Main Authors: Khan, Tariq, Ali, Muhammad, Khan, Ajmal, Nisar, Parveen, Jan, Sohail Ahmad, Afridi, Shakeeb, Shinwari, Zabta Khan
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 27.12.2019
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Subjects:
Animal models
Animals
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic - chemistry
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic - pharmacology
Antioxidants
Apoptosis
Blood cancer
Breast
Cancer
Cancer therapies
cell lines
Cell Proliferation - drug effects
Cervix
Colon
Dietary supplements
Disease Models, Animal
DNA damage
Herbal Medicine
Herbs
Humans
in vivo
Leukemia
Literature reviews
Lung cancer
Medicinal plants
Medicine
Neoplasms - drug therapy
Neoplasms - metabolism
Neoplasms - pathology
Pharmaceutical industry
Phytochemicals
Phytochemicals - chemistry
Phytochemicals - pharmacology
Plant extracts
Plant Extracts - chemistry
Plant Extracts - pharmacology
Plants, Medicinal - chemistry
Review
Secondary metabolites
Tumor cell lines
apoptosis
cancer
in vivo
cell lines
herbs
ISSN:2218-273X, 2218-273X
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Summary:The rising burden of cancer worldwide calls for an alternative treatment solution. Herbal medicine provides a very feasible alternative to western medicine against cancer. This article reviews the selected plant species with active phytochemicals, the animal models used for these studies, and their regulatory aspects. This study is based on a meticulous literature review conducted through the search of relevant keywords in databases, Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, and Google Scholar. Twenty plants were selected based on defined selection criteria for their potent anticancer compounds. The detailed analysis of the research studies revealed that plants play an indispensable role in fighting different cancers such as breast, stomach, oral, colon, lung, hepatic, cervical, and blood cancer cell lines. The in vitro studies showed cancer cell inhibition through DNA damage and activation of apoptosis-inducing enzymes by the secondary metabolites in the plant extracts. Studies that reported in vivo activities of these plants showed remarkable results in the inhibition of cancer in animal models. Further studies should be performed on exploring more plants, their active compounds, and the mechanism of anticancer actions for use as standard herbal medicine.
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ISSN:2218-273X
2218-273X
DOI:10.3390/biom10010047