Medicinal mushrooms occurring in South India namely Ganoderma lucidum, Phellinus rimosus, Pleurotus florida and Pleurotus pulmonaris possessed profound antioxidant and antitumor activities. This indicated that these mushrooms would be valuable sources of antioxidant and antitumor compounds. Investigations also revealed that they had significant antimutagenic and anticarcinogenic activities. Thu...

Nigella sativa, known as black seed, has analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anticancer effects. It has been shown to reduce the development of kidney failure when given prior to the use of nephrotoxic drugs particularly due to its antioxidant action. However, as far as the authors could ascertain, there is no human study in literature showing these effects. Here we present a case of ...

Banana (Musa paradisiaca) flower is rich in phytochemicals and exhibit antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer properties etc. The extract of banana showed promising therapeutic effects due to the presence minerals.

Paulownia tomentosa, used in traditional Chinese medicine, is the treatment of diseases such as bronchitis and asthma thanks to its biological activities. In addition, it known have antimicrobial, antioxidant, anticancer effects also dysentery, gonorrhea, hemorrhoids. this study, antimicrobial activity extracts obtained from methanol solvent flower petal parts P. tomentosa was determined accord...

Mn( ii ), Co( and Ni( ) morpholine 2,2′-bipyridine complexes gave potent DNA cleavage, antimicrobial antioxidant activity. Calculations support the results, with Co Ni showing better anticancer efficacy than cisplatin.

BACKGROUND Cassia angustifolia Vahl. (commonly known as senna makkai or cassia senna), native to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen and also extensively cultivated in Pakistan, is a medicinal herb used traditionally to cure number of diseases like liver diseases, constipation, typhoid, cholera etc. This study was conducted to evaluate the in-vitro antimicrobial, antioxidant and anticancer assays and ph...

PURPOSE Many patients with cancer take antioxidant nutritional supplements during cancer treatment to alleviate treatment toxicities and to improve long-term outcomes, but little is known about the efficacy and safety of antioxidant use during cancer treatment. We reviewed English-language manuscripts published in the biomedical literature, reporting the results of observational studies of anti...

Traditional knowledge (TK) based medicines have gained worldwide attention and presently the scientific community is focussing on proper pharmacological validation and identification of lead compounds for the treatment of various diseases. The North East region of India is the home of valuable traditional herbal remedies. Garcinia morella Desr. (Guttiferae) is one such medicinal plant used by t...

Increase in cases of various cancers has encouraged the researchers to discover novel, more effective drugs from plant sources. This study is a review of medicinal plants in Iran with already investigated anticancer effects on various cell lines. Thirty-six medicinal plants alongside their products with anticancer effects as well as the most important plant compounds responsible for the plants'...