background: there are several types of cancer, which cause millions of deaths worldwide every year. many studies have confirmed that plants are adequate natural sources to be examined as anti-cancer drugs with fewer side effects than chemotherapy and radiotherapy. in this study the anti-cancer properties of lavender aqueous extract on lymphocytes derived from patients with hodgkin's lymphoma ha...

objective: podophyllotoxin (ptox), a natural compound in numerous plants, contains remarkable biological properties that include anti-tumor, anti-viral such as anti-human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) activities. in order to avoid its adverse effects, various compounds have been derived from ptox. 6-methoxy ptox (mptox) is one of the natural ptox derivatives with an extra methoxy group. mptox is...

development of phytotherapies aimed at angiogenesis inhibition, in combination with classical anti-cancer therapies, is among the most intensively studied approaches for treatment of cancer. epidemiological and animal studies have indicated that consumption of allium species like shallot is associated with a reduced risk of cancer development. as a continuation of our efforts to study and chara...

Since the first 70 years of reporting cancer chemotherapy, malignant tumors have been second most common cause death in children and adults. Currently, commonly used anti-cancer methods include surgery, radiotherapy, immunotherapy. Although these treatment could alleviate cancer, they lead to different forms side effects no particularly significant effect on prolonging patients’ life span. Glyc...

paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration is a rare, fatal neuronal syndrome associated with ovarian, breast and lung cancers. anti-yo antibody mediated paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration is known to be associated with gynecological malignancies, especially ovarian cancer. however, there are no reports of anti-yo antibody associated predominant peripheral mixed sensory and motor neuropathy in ...

Background: The pistachio is a nut produced by about 20 species of shrub. Present-day studies show the health benefits of pistachio in preventing or treating diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), cancer, multiple sclerosis (MS), and erectile dysfunction. Materials and Methods: MEDLINE / PubMed, and Google Scholar databases were searched using the keywords of Pistacia ver...

Background & Aims: In most cases, drugs used for the treatment of cancer are not effective or have unpleasant side-effects. This has forced scientists to find more effective drugs with less toxicity. Artemisia is an important medicinal plant in the world and anti-tumoral activity of some Artemisia species has been reported. This study was designed for evaluation of anti-tumoral effect of methan...