Anticancer Properties of Strobilanthes crispus: A Review

Cancer is a major cause of death worldwide, as exemplified by millions cancer diagnoses every year. The use chemotherapy in treating has many disadvantages which include recurrence cancer, associated with drug resistance, and severe side effects that are harmful to the patients. A better source anticancer drugs can come from nature. Strobilanthes crispus (S. crispus) herbal medicinal plant indigenous Madagascar Malay Archipelago. possesses high vitamin mineral content well phytochemicals—like phenols, catechins, tannins, flavonoids—that known have therapeutic effects. Numerous preclinical studies reported very versatile pharmacological this plant, such anticancer, antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-angiogenesis, anti-diabetes, anti-ulcerogenic, wound healing. Herein, paper reviews properties S. crispus, providing information for future research further exploration.