Anticancer Activity of Natural Compounds and Alternative Trials

ISBN-13: 9783659427510 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 160 str.

Aboul-Enein Ahmed M;Shalaby Emad Ahmed

Opis

From more than 50 years, the mortality rates for cancer did not significantly improve. Cancer synthetic chemoprevention involves pharmacologic intervention chemicals to prevent, inhibit or reverse carcinogenesis or prevent the development of invasive cancer. However, several side effects are appeared by these chemotherapeutic drugs. Therefore, we did several attempts as spotlight on cancer therapeutics "back to nature" to avoid these effects by using natural anticancer. In this book, various Egyptian medicinal plants, traditional herbs, spices, vegetables, fruits, and aquatic organisms from desert areas, coastal areas, and traditional market were studied. Their extracts and active principles were implemented and tested for antioxidant and anticancer activities. (Most of the experimental work was funded through STDF-Egypt project ID 312)

O autorze

Dr Ahmed Mahmoud M. Aboul-Enein is a Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Fac., Agric, Cairo Univ., Egypt. He published more than 80 articles in this career and attended several international conferences and workshops around the world. In addition, he is an editorial board and reviewer for several journals.