Natural resources as cancer-treating material

Abstract

This review study investigates conventional anticancer treatments derived from the world's different parts as a wonderful substitute for pharmaceuticals since they have fewer or no side effects and can fix the disease at its source. This study provides thorough information regarding physiologically active substances derived from various parts of the plant for cancer treatment such as Alkaloids (ervine, methylervine, ervolanine, and aervolanine), Terpenoids, Vitamins, Coumarins, Tannins, Carbohydrates, Flavonoids (kaempferol, quercetin, isorhamnetin, persinol, persinosides A and B), Fatty Acids, and Essential Oils). This technique is beneficial in clinical studies for breast, prostate, and colon cancer. The ongoing rise in cancer incidence, the inability of traditional chemotherapies to manage cancer, and the excessive toxicity of chemotherapies all call for a new strategy. The first trial to establish the effectiveness of chemoprevention was conducted in breast cancer patients using tamoxifen, which indicated a substantial reduction in invasive breast cancer. The effectiveness of utilizing chemopreventive drugs to protect high-risk people from cancer suggests that the technique is sound and promising. Dietary components such as capsaicin, cucurbitacin B, isoflavones, catechins, lycopene, benzyl isothiocyanate, phenethyl isothiocyanate, and piperlongumine have been shown to suppress cancer cell growth, indicating that they might be used as chemopreventive agents.