Cancer is a devastating disease and is the second leading cause of death worldwide.
Surgery, chemotherapy (CT), and/or radiation therapy (RT) are the treatment of choice for …

Background Radiotherapy is a mainstay of cancer treatment since decades. Ionizing
radiation (IR) is used for destruction of cancer cells and shrinkage of tumors. However, the …

Plumbagin is one of the simplest plant secondary metabolite of three major phylogenic
families viz. Plumbaginaceae, Droseraceae, and Ebenceae, and exhibits highly potent …

Plumbagin is a naphthoquinone derived yellow crystalline phytochemical. Plumbagin has a
wide range of biological effects including cytotoxicity against cancer cells both in vitro and in …

Cancer is a deadly disease, which has significantly increased in both developed and
developing nations. Treatment of cancer utilizing radiotherapy or chemotherapy actuates a …

This volume is the first book to give a complete description of the techniques, materials, and
instrumentation of column HPLC and its application to essentially all primary and secondary …

Breast cancer remains the major cause of cancer‐related deaths in women world‐wide. The
heterogeneity of breast cancer has further complicated the progress of target‐based …

Background Increasing evidence indicates that the interaction between the CXC chemokine
receptor-4 (CXCR4) and its ligand CXCL12 is critical in the process of metastasis that …

Background: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States.
Prevailing treatment options have limited therapeutic success in lung cancer, particularly …

It has been shown that plumbagin, a bioactive naphthoquinone isolated from three major
plant families viz. Plumbaginaceae, Ebenceae and Droseraceae, definitively exhibits …