Biological and Anticancer properties of Eugenol

ISBN-13: 9783659633355 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 68 str.

Jaganathan Saravana Kumar

Opis

Phenolic phytochemicals are a broad class of nutraceuticals found in plants, which have been extensively researched by scientists for their health-promoting potential. One such compound that is comprehensively used is eugenol (4-allyl-2-methoxyphenol) which is reviewed in the book.The antiproliferative effect of eugenol is explored in particular, thereby suggesting it as a drug to be employed in chemoprevention.

O autorze

Dr.Saravana kumar Jaganathan is currently working as a senior lecturer at Universiti teknologi Malaysia. His area of interest is to explore the natural products as a plausible candidate for cancer prevention.