Review on cancer and anticancerous properties of some medicinal plants

Abstract

Cancer  is  a  dreadful  disease  and  any  practical solution  in  combating  this  disease  is  of  paramount  importance  to  public  health.  Therefore,  besides  the  rationalized  allopathic  drugs,  it  is  worth  evaluating  the  folk  medicine-a  plant  based  therapy  which  is  not  a  systematized  study. Keeping the fact, an attempt has been made to review the work being carried out all over the world about the cancer, its causes and plants as anticancerous agents. 11 different plant sources have been listed in the present review along with the phytoconstituents present in these plants.   Key words: Cancer, anticancer properties, medicinal plants, review.