Phyto therapy for cancer, plants used in cancer, Phytotherapy
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This document discusses the use of phytotherapy, or herbal medicine, for treating cancer. It outlines several plants that contain compounds shown to inhibit cancer growth or stimulate the immune system against cancer cells. These include betulinic acid from white-barked birch tree, quercetin from bioflavonoids, podophyllin from may apples, bromelain from pineapple, and withanolides from Ashwagandha. Many of these plants such as Echinacea, aloe vera, kombu, and turmeric contain antioxidants or activate macrophages and immune cells to fight cancer development and metastasis.
Phyto therapy for cancer, plants used in cancer, Phytotherapy
- 1. PHYTOTHERAPY FOR CANCER BY A.MANOJ KUMAR
- 2. CANCER Cancer is a term that is used to refer to a number of conditions where the body's cells begin to grow and reproduce in an uncontrollable way. This rapid growth of cancerous cells is known as a malignant tumour.
- 3. PHYTOTHERAPY o From the Greek “phyton” meaning “plant” and therapeuein” meaning “to take care of, to heal,” this is the term used to describe medical herbalism. o It is a plant –derived medication in the treatment and prevention of disease
- 4. PLANTS USED FOR CANCER BETULA UTILIS o Betula utilis (White-barked Birch Tree) contains betulin that can be easily converted into betulinic acid. oThe betulinic acid inhibits growth of malignant melanoma and cancers of the liver and the lung.
- 6. BIOFLAVONOIDS o Bioflavonoids (flavonoids) are the water- soluble pigments, found in vegetables and fruits. These were known as “Vitamin P” . oThe list of bioflavonoids includes citrin, hesperidin, rutin, quercitin, epicatechin, flavones, flavonols, proanthocyanins and anthocyanins. oMost of the bioflavonoids possess antioxidant properties. Bioflavonoids enhance therapeutic effect of vitamin C by increasing its absorption in the liver, kidneys and the adrenal glands. oQuercetin is known to inhibit growth of the stomach cancer
- 7. PODOPHYLLAM PELTATUM o Podophyllum peltatum (American May Apple) and Podophyllum hexandrum (Himalayan May Apple) contain podophyllin, which has similar therapeutic action on the dividing cancerous cells as that of the vinca alkaloids. o It is used in the treatment of Hodgkin’s disease, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, leukaemia, bronchogenic carcinoma and cancers of the ovary & the testis
- 9. BROMELAIN oBromelain is a mixture of proteases and some other enzymes. It is isolated from the stem and fruit of Ananas comosus (Pineapple). oBromelain stimulates defence mechanism of the body against cancer by enhancing cytotoxic activity of the monocytes and the macrophages, thus inhibiting growth of cancer. It is used in the treatment of leukaemia.
- 10. UNCARIA TOMENTOSA oUncaria tomentosa (Cat’s claw) is a rain forest climber that has been traditionally used in Peru to treat tumours. oUncaria tomentosa contains many antioxidant compounds including polyphenols, triterpines, campesterol, stigmasterol and beta-sitosterol. Cat’s claw is used to treat the brain tumours
- 12. ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA oEchinacea angustifolia contains arabinogalactan, which protects the body from cancer by activating the macrophages. o Echinacea angustifolia is used to treat metastatic carcinoma of the oesophagus and the colon
- 14. ALOE VERA o Aloe vera contains aloe-emodin, which activates the macrophages to fight cancer. o Aloe vera also contains acemannan, which enhances activity of the immune cells against cancer. Aloe vera is found to inhibit metastases
- 15. LAMINARIA JAPONICA o Laminaria japonica (Kombu) possesses a strong anticancer activity and inhibits the growth of cancer. o Studies have shown that a regular use of Laminaria japonica reduces risk of the breast cancer
- 17. WITCHANIA SOMNIFERA o Withania somnifera contains withanolides, which possess immuno- modulatory activity. o Withaferin A & withanolide D found in Withania somnifera are known to inhibit growth of cancer.
- 19. POLYPORUS UMBELLATUS oPolyporus umbellatus (Zhu Ling) is found to increase the life span of cancer patients by enhancing activity of the immune cells against cancer
- 20. ANGLICA SINENSIS oAngelica sinensis (Dang Gui) is used by the Chinese physicians to treat cancer of the cervix. o The polysaccharide fraction of Angelica sinensis, known as “AR-4” possesses immunostimulating activities such as induction of interferon production, stimulation of the immune cell proliferation and enhancement of antitumour activity of the immune cell.
- 22. CURCUMA LONGA o Curcuma longa (Turmeric) contains curcumin, which inhibits the growth of cancer. o Curcumin is used to treat squamous cell carcinoma of the skin and the ulcerating oral cancer.
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