Anti-Cancer Potential of Medicinal Plants

ISBN-13: 9783659338274 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 148 str.

Sharma Vikas;Gupta D. K.

Opis

Cancer has emerged as an important health problem in the developed and the developing countries. In the present investigation, 12 medicinal plants were evaluated against human cancer cell lines from different origins and most significant results were displayed by Apium graveolens, Holarrhena antidysenterica, Mallotus philippinensis and Nardostachys jatamansi. Further, an active ingredient namely Mallotoxin was isolated from the fruit part of Mallotus philippinensis. This drug suppressed the proliferation of eight human cancer cells from six different tissues and proved its exceptionally remarkable in vitro anticancer efficiency.

O autorze

Dr. Vikas Sharma, Asstt. Professor (Sr. Scale),SKUAST-Jammu has done M.Sc. (Ag.) Biochemistry from Allahabad Agricultural Institute in 2002 with first position. He obtained Ph.D. in Biochemistry from University of Allahabad in 2006. He has 50 publications to his credit and also received Fellow Award 2010 from Society for Applied Biotechnology, TN