Ethnobotany and ethnopharmacy - Their role for anti-cancer drug development

Current Drug Targets

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 239-245

  Heinrich, Michael ^a   Bremner, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Camptothecan; Chemoprevention; Curcumin; Ethnobotany; Natural products; Taxol; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

2 ALPHA HYDROXYFERUTIDIN; AGLAIA EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CAFFEINE; CAMPTOTHECAN; CAMPTOTHECIN DERIVATIVE; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; CURCUMIN; DINORROCAGLAMIDE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FERUTININ; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; I KAPPA B; I KAPPA B KINASE INHIBITOR; IRINOTECAN; LYCOPENE; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT; NATURAL PRODUCT; PACLITAXEL; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; ROCAGLAMIDE DERIVATIVE; SILYMARIN; TAXUS BREVIFOLIA EXTRACT; TEFERIN; TOPOTECAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGLAIA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BIODIVERSITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TARGETING; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ANIMAL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NEOPLASM;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33645811708     PISSN: 13894501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138945006776054988     Document Type: Review

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