Plant Extracts as Anticancer agent

Jagessar Rc
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Jagessar Rc: Department of Chemistry, University of Guyana, Guyana

Novel Approaches in Drug Designing & Development, 2019, vol. 5, issue 2, 32-35

Abstract: Cancer is a global disease that will ultimately lead to death. Though there are therapies, such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy and chemically derived drugs to treat and prolong this life-threatening disease, research have been progressing on the use of plant extracts as anti-cancerous agents. Guyana has a highly rich bio diversified forest, who’s aqueous and ethanolic crude extracts can be used to test for their anti-cancerous effects. In addition, natural products, both novel and non-novel can be isolated, and their anticancer activity investigated. Once successful, isolated natural products can be subjected to clinical trials and should add to the list of isolated natural products used as anti-cancerous agents. The use of plant extracts as anticancer drugs should be superior to that of current treatments such as chemotherapy, because plant extracts have less side effects and some are toxic to cancerous cells. Thus, there is a need to screen the bio diversified flora of Guyana for its anticancer effect.

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Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.19080/NAPDD.2019.05.555658

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