1st Edition
Potent Anticancer Medicinal Plants Secondary Metabolite Profiling, Active Ingredients, and Pharmacological Outcomes
Herbal medicines play a critical role in the prevention and treatment of cancer disorders, which are a foremost cause of human disease and death worldwide. This new volume provides a wealth of valuable information on the most vital plant genera and species that have potent anticancer activities, namely Garcinia indica, Centella asiatica Linn, Nigella sativa, Ocimum sanctum, Boswellia serrata Roxb, Catharanthus roseus, Withania somnifera (Linn.) Dunal, Camptotheca acuminata Decne, Taxus baccata L., Panax ginseng, Tinospora cordifolia (Wild) Miers, Taxus brevifolia, and Glycyrrhiza glabra. These anticancer medicinal plants are bestowed with a novel and essential array of chemotherapeutic complexes, biologically active molecules, and secondary metabolites (such as taxol, vinblastine, vincristine, camptothecin, topotecan, etc.) with promising properties to cure cancer in humans. These plants show a vast potential for new drug discovery in the era of modern medicine to fight against cancer.
Key features of the book:
- Provides knowledge of secondary metabolite profiling, active ingredients, modes of action, and pharmacological outcomes of various anticancer plants
- Discusses the potential of important anticancer plants at the global level
- Offers information to promote the discovery of new drugs from anticancer plants
This book will be valuable to oncologists, cancer researchers, biotechnologists, medicinal chemists, pharmacists, pharmacologists, phytochemists, members of biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences working in the areas of cancer treatment, and upper-level students and residents in pharmacy and medicine.
1. Garcinia indica
Tewin Tencomnao
2. Centella asiatica Linn
Sagar Barge, Dhananjay Jade, and Narayan Chandra Talukdar
3. The Anticancer Activity of Nigella sativa on Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Iffat Zareen Ahmad and Heena Tabassum
4. Boswellia serrata Roxb
Manohar Mv., Anu Pandita, Amogha G. Paladhi, Bhoomika Inamdar, Sugumari Vallinayagam, Deepu Pandita, and K. M. Srinivasa Murthy
5. Catharanthus roseus
Ramachandra Reddy Pamuru, Rajagopal Reddy S., Ambedkar, Chandrasekhar T., Madhusudhana Reddy A., and Chandramathi Shankar P.
6. Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal
Pulala Raghuveer Yadav, Lepakshi Md. Bhakshu, K. Venkata Ratnam, Anu Pandita, Deepu Pandita, and K. M. Srinivasa Murthy
7. Camptotheca acuminata Decne
Amogha G. Paladhi, Anu Pandita, Manohar M. V., Bhoomika Inamdar, Sugumari Vallinayagam, Deepu Pandita, and K. M. Srinivasa Murthy
8. Taxus baccata
Rohit Sam Ajee and Shuchi Kaushik
9. Panax ginseng
Shalini Gurumayum, Sagar Barge, and Jagat C. Borah
10. Tinospora cordifolia (Thunb.) Miers.
Lepakshi Md. Bhakshu, Pulala Raghuveer Yadav, K. Venkata Ratnam, Anu Pandita, Deepu Pandita, and K. M. Srinivasa Murthy
11. Taxus brevifolia (Nutt.) Pilger.
K. Venkata Ratnam, Lepakshi Md. Bhakshu, Pulala Raghuveer Yadav, Anu Pandita, Deepu Pandita, and K. M. Srinivasa Murthy
12. Glycyrrhiza glabra
Vijay Kumar Veena, B. Uma Reddy, Adhikesavan Harikrishnan, and Ramasamy Shanmugavalli
13. Ocimum sanctum
Sharmistha Banerjee, Rajesh Singh Tomar, and Shuchi Kaushik
Biography
Deepu Pandita is working as a Senior Lecturer in the Government Department of School Education, Jammu, Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Deepu Pandita has more than 19 years of teaching experience and has a master’s in Botany from the University of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India, and a master’s in Philosophy in Biotechnology from the University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Deepu Pandita has a number of international and national courses to her credit. Deepu Pandita has qualified for fellowships, such as JRF-NET and SRF from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi India; Biotechnology Fellowship, Government Department of Science and Technology, Jammu & Kashmir, India; and IASC-INSA-NASI Summer Research Teacher Fellowship, India. Deepu Pandita has presented her research work at both national and international conferences and was awarded Best Oral Presentation Award at an International Conference on Biotechnology for Better Tomorrow, a Women Researcher Award, and a Research Excellence Award from two professional associations in India. Deepu Pandita is a life member of various science societies. Deepu Pandita acts as a reviewer (18 journals), associate editor, and editor of a number of international journals. Deepu Pandita has published a number of editorials, book chapters (Springer, CRC, and Elsevier), reviews, and research articles in various journals of national and international repute.
Anu Pandita is working as a Dietician at Vatsalya Clinic, E-5/11, Krishna Nagar, New Delhi, India. Previously she worked as a lecturer at Bee Enn College of Nursing, Talab Tillo, Jammu, India, and Dietician at Ahinsa Dham Bhagwan Mahavir Charitable Health Centre, New Delhi, India. Anu Pandita has done her MSc internship and a course in the Dietetics Department of PGI, Chandigarh, India. Anu Pandita conducted a case study at the Pediatric Gastroenterology Ward at Nehru Hospital, PGI, Chandigarh, India, on a patient suffering from chronic liver disease. She has done a Certificate in Food & Nutrition as well. She has a number of trainings, refresher courses, and workshops to her credit. Anu Pandita is a life-time member of the Indian Dietetic Association and Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata, India. Anu Pandita has published for book chapters in Springer journals and a number of reviews and research articles in various journals of national and international repute. Anu Pandita has presented her research work at both the national and international conferences.
