All the currently available cancer therapeutic options are expensive but none of them are
safe. However, traditional plant-derived medicines or compounds are relatively safe. One …

Cancer is one of the primary causes of death worldwide and its incidence continues to
increase year by year. Despite significant advances in research, the search for effective and …

Currently, available therapeutic medications are both costly as well as not entirely promising
in terms of potency. So, new candidates from natural resources are of research interest to …

β-Sitosterol (SIT), a white powdery organic substance with a molecular formula of C29H50O,
is one of the most abundant naturally occurring phytosterols in plants. With a chemical …

β-Sitosterol is an important phytosterol found in plant food. It has been shown to have
antiproliferative effects on cancers of the colon, breast, and prostate, but its effect on …

β-Sitosterol is the most abundant phytosterol. Phytosterols are enriched in legumes, oil
seeds and unrefined plant oils as found in foods such as peanut butter, pistachios and …

Substantial attention has been given to primary cancer prevention in daily life. Dietary
factors are through to contribute to as much as one-third of the factors influencing the …

Abstract Background Asclepias curassavica Linn. is a traditional medicinal plant used by
tribal people in the western ghats, India, to treat piles, gonorrhoea, roundworm infestation …

Dietary interventions may effectively control cancer development, with phytosterols (PS)
being a class of cancer chemopreventive dietary phytochemicals. The present study, for the …

Beta-sitosterol (BS) is a phytosterol, widely distributed throughout the plant kingdom and
known to be involved in the stabilization of cell membranes. To compile the sources …