TITLE:
Natural Products Potential and Scope for Modern Cancer Research
AUTHORS:
Rajeev Nema, Sarita Khare, Parul Jain, Alka Pradhan, Abhishek Gupta, Dharmendra Singh
KEYWORDS:
Medicinal Plant; Natural Product; Cancer Biology
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.4 No.6,
June
25,
2013
ABSTRACT: In the present
time Natural products are considered to be symbols of protection in
comparison to the synthetic product that are regarded as unsafe to human life
and environment. Although a large number of synthetic drugs are being added to
the world of present pharmacopoeia, but still no system of medicine in the
world has been able to solve all the health problems, which include diseases
like Cancer. Therefore the search
for innovative therapeutic constituents from plants is genuine and urgent. In
India, there is an ocean of knowledge about medicinal plants and rich medicinal
flora, but still only a few pearls have been searched as therapeutic agents.
There are large numbers of original plants left which have not been
investigated thoroughly from modern scientific view or their healing values
have not been known. Thus there is an insistent need for systematic
phytochemical examination of those plants which have not been investigated scientifically.
More research can be done to investigate the unknown and unexplored potential
of plants. Further analysis of plants (active compounds) can be carried out by
way of making use of different analytical methods such as HPTLC, HPLC, NMR and
UV spectrophotometer analysis or computer based drug designing.