Cancer is major health problem which severely affects the human population. Cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in our bodies that can lead to death. There is a constant demand for new therapies to treat and prevent this life-threatening disease. A huge number of bioactive constituents exists in many species of medicinal plants on earth that are considered to have less toxic side effects compared to chemotherapy but only a small percentage of which have been examined and continued to be an important source of anticancer agents because with the current decline in the number of new molecular entities from the pharmaceutical industry, anticancer agents are being sought from traditional medicines derived from plant kingdom having anticancerous properties. This article explores the various researches conducted to understand the medicinal value and properties of the plants for potential anticancer treatments.
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