Status and challenges of plant-anticancer compounds in cancer treatment

P Garcia-Oliveira, P Otero, AG Pereira, F Chamorro… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, cancer is one of the deadliest diseases in the world, which has been estimated
to cause 9.9 million deaths in 2020. Conventional treatments for cancer commonly involve …

Anthraquinones as pharmacological tools and drugs

EM Malik, CE Müller - Medicinal research reviews, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Anthraquinones (9, 10‐dioxoanthracenes) constitute an important class of natural
and synthetic compounds with a wide range of applications. Besides their utilization as …

Therapeutic potential of Aloe vera—A miracle gift of nature

R Kumar, AK Singh, A Gupta, A Bishayee, AK Pandey - Phytomedicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Aloe vera is commonly used in the primary health care of human beings since
time immemorial. It is an herb widely used in various traditional systems of medicine …

Traditional usages, botany, phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb.: a review

L Lin, B Ni, H Lin, M Zhang, X Li, X Yin, C Qu… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Polygonum multiflorum Thunb., which is known
as Heshouwu (何首乌 in Chinese) in China. It is traditionally valued and reported for hair …

An overview on ethnobotanico-pharmacological studies carried out in Morocco, from 1991 to 2015: Systematic review (part 1)

J Fakchich, M Elachouri - Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2021 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance The full bibliometric records of data retrieved from
ethnobotanical field studies carried out in Morocco (1991–2015) was quali-quantitatively …

Aloe Genus Plants: From Farm to Food Applications and Phytopharmacotherapy

B Salehi, S Albayrak, H Antolak, D Kręgiel… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Aloe genus plants, distributed in Old World, are widely known and have been used for
centuries as topical and oral therapeutic agents due to their health, beauty, medicinal, and …

An Evaluation of the Biological and Toxicological Properties of Aloe Barbadensis (Miller), Aloe Vera

MD Boudreau, FA Beland - Journal of Environmental Science and …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Aloe barbadensis (Miller), Aloe vera, has a long history of use as a topical and oral
therapeutic. The plant is the source of two products, gel and latex, which are obtained from …

A review on the relationship between Aloe vera components and their biologic effects

S Choi, MH Chung - Seminars in integrative medicine, 2003 - Elsevier
Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis Miller) is a perennial succulent belonging to the Liliaceal
family, and is called the healing plant or the silent healer. As a result of its use as folk …

Anti‐cancer properties of anthraquinones from rhubarb

Q Huang, G Lu, HM Shen… - Medicinal research …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Rhubarb has been used as a traditional Chinese medicine since ancient times and today it
is still present in various herbal preparations. In this review the toxicological and anti …

Cancer—an ayurvedic perspective

P Balachandran, R Govindarajan - Pharmacological research, 2005 - Elsevier
An integrated approach is needed to manage cancer using the growing body of knowledge
gained through scientific developments. Thousands of herbal and traditional compounds are …