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Book SynopsisThe current anti-cancer synthetic medicines are deemed inefficient and unsafe, state the editors of this new book. Plant-based lead molecules, however, such as taxol, camptothecin, podophyllotoxins, vinblastine, vincristine, homoharringtonine, and numerous other anticancer compounds from nature’s arsenal, are potentially safe and can be powerful alternatives that effectively fight against cancer.
The volume looks at a variety of medicinal plants and approaches that have shown beneficial results against cancer. Topics in the book include Unani approaches of anticancer plants, genetic engineering and CRISPR/CAS-mediated editing to enhance a plant’s anticancer potential, computational approaches used in anticancer plants, and more. The volume also examines the metabolomics of plants that give them anti-cancer properties.
Table of Contents1. Evaluation of Extracts from Curcu malonga and Zingiber officinale as Growth Inhibitors of HeLa and HuH-7 Cell Lines 2. Role of Herbal Medicines in Liver Cancer 3. Unani Approaches of Anticancer Plants Against Cancer 4. Exploration of Anticancer Medicinal Plants of Northern Hemisphere 5. Genetic Engineering of Plants for Enhanced Anticancer Potential 6. Genetic Engineering of Plants of Enhancing Secondary Metabolites with Anti-Cancerous Properties 7. Genomics of Plants with Anticancer Properties: Breaking New Ground in Cancer Therapy 8. Metabolomics of Anti-Cancer Plants 9. Computational Approaches Used in Anticancer Plants 10. CRISPR/CAS-Mediated Editing of Anticancer Plants 11. Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFNs) and Transcription Activator-Like Effector Nucleases (TALENs): Based Genome Editing in Enhancement of Anticancer Activity of Plants
