Plant-Derived Natural Products in Cancer Research: Extraction, Mechanism of Action, and Drug Formulation

Advances of Plant-derived Natural Products in Ovarian Cancer Therapy

Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death in the gynaecologic cancers within the UK and US. Presently the standard treatment for ovarian cancer entails the use of chemotherapy drugs paclitaxel and carboplatin after aggressive surgical reduction in order to prolong the patient’s life for multiple years. However, prolonged use of platinum-based chemotherapy often leads to drug resistance, whic...

extraction and characterization of allium irancum plant extract and its application in the green synthesis of silver nano particles and oxidation of thiocarbony1 compounds

سنتز سبز نانوذرات فلزی (nps) درسالهای اخیر توجه بسیارزیادی را به خود جلب کرده است. زیرا این پروتوکل کم هزینه وسازگار با محیط زیست از روش های استاندارد سنتز. در این پایان نامه ما گزارش میکنیم یک روش ساده و سازگار با محیط زیست برای سنتز نانوذرات نقره با استفاده از محلول آبی عصاره گیاه allium iranicum به عنوان یک عامل کاهش دهنده ی طبیعی. نانو ذرات نقره مشخص شد با استفاده از تکنیک های uv-visible، x...

Plant-derived natural products as leads to anti-cancer drugs

Article Type: Review There are many difficulties and deficiencies in chemotherapeutic drugs especially drug resistances that appear in cancer chemotherapy. In spite of the fact that chemotherapeutic drugs are very effective, severe side effects limit the use of these drugs. People have to pay more attention to natural sources of cancer drugs to increase the anti-cancer agents present in the dru...

Anticancer and Antimicrobial Potential of Plant-Derived Natural Products

Natural products drug discovery research in India: status and appraisal.

Discovery of a new drug is time consuming and laborious process. Natural products have long been a thriving source for the discovery of new drugs due to their chemical diversity and ability to act on various biological targets. The phytochemical exploration of indigeneous flora has contributed to some extent in this race for the discovery of new drugs. The traditional Indian systems of medicine...