Simple Summary Despite breakthroughs in medicine, cancer remains one of the most feared
diseases. Traditionally, chemotherapies have been the treatment of choice. However …

Simple Summary Cancer is considered as a large group of diseases involving abnormal cell
growth, which results in an alarming rise in the mortality rate at the worldwide level …

Background Brazil has over 40,000 varied plant species rich in phytochemicals, expressing
20% of the world's flora. Due to its immense diversity, Brazil presents a high potential to …

Essential oils were obtained by steam distillation from berries of Schinus molle L. and
Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi originating from southern of Tunisia and analyzed by GC‐FID …

This study evaluated the cytotoxicity activity of the essential oils of Tagetes erecta L.,
Asteraceae (TE-OE), Tetradenia riparia (Hochst.) Codd, Lamiaceae (TR-OE), Bidens …

Malignant melanoma is one the most aggressive types of cancer and its incidence has
gradually increased in the last years, accounting for about 75% of skin cancer deaths. This …

Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series furnishes information on
the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding …

Background The banana (Musa spp.) plant produces elongated and edible fruit. The two
main parthenocarpic species of banana are Musa accuminata Colla and Musa balbisiana …

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Medicinal plants from the Sinai desert are
widely used in traditional Bedouin medicine to treat a range of conditions including, cancers …

In this study, we describe the medicinal plants that have been reported to be antitumor
agents and that have been used in ethnobotanic research in Brazil to answer the following …