Alternative Remedies and Natural Products for Cancer Therapy: An Integrative Approach
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Alternative Remedies and Natural Products for Cancer Therapy: An Integrative Approach

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Alternative Remedies and Natural Products for Cancer Therapy: An Integrative Approach

About this book

This book provides a holistic view of natural products and remedies that have been used to treat cancer. The editors aim to educate readers about the importance of the translational role of natural products in cancer treatment by compiling 14 chapters. The book emphasizes an integrative approach to the topic by blending traditional knowledge that supports alternative therapies with the science of phytochemicals and drug discovery technologies as a means to manage the disease. Key topics include alternative therapies (such as aromatherapy and immune boosting herbal medications), cytotoxic and anti-cancer phytochemicals, drug delivery and discovery technologies (including high-throughput screening) and some drug targets of interest for cancer treatment (such as topoisomerases and caspases). Readers will be able to learn about natural sources of ant-cancer compounds, and the methods used by research and development experts in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries to isolate and formulate these compounds. This book will be a handy resource for a wide range of readers. This includes researchers, traditional medical practitioners, PG students, Ph.D. scholars and general readers to understand the role of natural products in cancer treatment. key features ü Explains the importance of alternative therapies in the management of cancer ü Emphasizes the ethnopharmacological approaches to cancer ü Explores natural anticancer drug libraries ü Discusses the role of modern cancer targets and the importance of in-silico tools in anticancer drug discovery ü Addresses modern drug discovery tools and drug delivery technologies concerning their applications in cancer treatment. ü Includes references for further reading Readership Researchers in pharmacology and natural product chemistry; clinicians in oncology and chemotherapy. General readers interested in anti-cancer medicine.

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Yes, you can access Alternative Remedies and Natural Products for Cancer Therapy: An Integrative Approach by Motamarri Venkata Naga Lalitha Chaitanya,Galvina Pereira,Heyam Saad Ali, Motamarri Venkata Naga Lalitha Chaitanya, Galvina Pereira, Heyam Saad Ali in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Alternative & Complementary Medicine. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Welcome
  2. Table of Content
  3. Title
  4. BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS LTD.
  5. FOREWORD
  6. PREFACE
  7. List of Contributors
  8. Clinical Role of Modern Ayurveda in Treating Cancer
  9. Aromatherapy: An Adjuvant Treatment in Cancer
  10. The Traditional Immune Boosting Recipes
  11. The Indian Cytotoxic Weed Flora and Their Phytochemicals
  12. High Throughput Screening Techniques in Anticancer Drug Discovery and Development from Botanicals
  13. Anticancer Phytochemicals of 21st Century: A Multitargeted Approach and Role of Humanism in Oncology
  14. Importance of In silico Tools in Anticancer Drug Discovery from Nature
  15. Human Topoisomerases and Caspases: Important Targets in Cancer Therapy
  16. Cytotoxic Phytochemicals from Mushrooms as Potential Therapeutic Agents
  17. Spirulina: A Living Library of Anticancer Phytochemicals
  18. Terpenoids A Potential Scaffold for Cancer Therapy: A Mechanistic Approach
  19. Cytotoxic Phytochemical library of Rosmarinus Officinalis
  20. Cannabis in the Treatment of Various Cancers and its Current Global Scenario
  21. Modern Nanotherapeutic Approaches in The Delivery of Phyto Pharmceuticals in Anti Cancer Research