Cancer

Research on cancer discussed by S. Lakshmi and co-researchers

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 16th, 2008

According to a study from Thiruvananthapuram, India, "Herbal medicine has formed the basis of health care throughout the world since the dawn of civilization. Each plant is a unique chemical factory capable of synthesizing unlimited numbers of highly complex and unusual chemical substances whose structures could otherwise escape the imagination forever."

"Phytomedicines have been used as a treatment for many diseases, ranging from skin disease to cancer. Most of the anticancer drugs that we use today are derived from plants. The anticancer effect of plants is due to specific phytochemicals or the complex synergistic interactions among their various constituents. The aim...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-10-16)

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