Journal of Stress Physiology & Biochemistry, Vol. 7, No. 4,
2011, pp. 217- 231. ISSN 1997-0838
Original Text Copyright (cc) 2011 by Gupta, Mittal, Jha and Kumar
Nature’s treasurer: plants acting on colon cancer
Akhil Gupta*, Anuj Mittal, K.K. Jha, Ashok Kumar
Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Telephone number: +91-9968307321
*E-mail: akhil686@gmail.com
Received September 22, 2011
Nowadays, neoplastic
disease, especially colorectal cancer has been emerged as a major
challenge for mankind. For treatment of colorectal cancer some drugs
available in market (e.g. Capecitabine, Cetuximab, Trinotecan, etc.)
and many are under investigation. Tremendous possibilities are reviewed
and collected from the herbal source (natural treasure) for the
successful management of colorectal cancer. Intensive research had been
done worldwide on the plant source that increases possibilities for
providing great opportunities to improve the management of the
colorectal cancer. Many researchers had concluded that herbal source
can be useful for the successful management of colon cancer. This
review provides a brief account on various plants that can be used for
therapeutic purposes. Author suggests developing a chemical base moiety
for clinical researchers to run clinical trials and future research on
such capable plants.
Key words: Colon Diseases, Plant acting on colon, Colon cancer
