Natural Products/Bioactive Compounds as a Source of Anticancer Drugs.

ABSTRACT: Cancer is one of the major deadly diseases globally. The alarming rise in the mortality rate due to this disease attracks attention towards discovering potent anticancer agents to overcome its mortality rate. The discovery of novel and effective anticancer agents from natural sources has been the main point of interest in pharmaceutical research because of attractive natural therapeutic agents with an immense chemical diversity in species of animals, plants, and microorganisms. More than 60% of contemporary anticancer drugs, in one form or another, have originated from natural sources. Plants and microbial species are chosen based on their composition, ecology, phytochemical, and ethnopharmacological properties. Plants and their derivatives have played a significant role in producing effec

SUBMITTER: Asma ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9777303 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature