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A Review on Medicinal Plants with Anticancer Activity Available in Bangladesh

AHM Mahmudur Rahman*
Department of Pharmaceutical sciences, North South University, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Background: Cancer; one of the leading causes of death and very few medicines are available in the marketplace to treat cancer but no drug is found so far to be fully capable to treat it. Generally, plants along with plant consequent products have proved more successful and safe in the treatment and administration of cancers. Methodology: Here an attempt is being made throughout this article to highlight medicinal plants known as anti-cancer agents and the latest plant species branded with anti-cancer properties available in Bangladesh. Here a bibliographic study was carried out by analyzing conventional textbooks and peer-reviewed papers, consulting wide-reaching accepted scientific databases. In this review, the investigation terms were “cancer” in addition to (“herbal medicine Bangladesh” or “plant Bangladesh”, “medicinal plants Bangladesh” or “medicine traditional Bangladesh”) with no limiting search objects. Later it was cross-checked whether the plants were available in the country or not from the Bangladeshi online medicinal plants databases. Outcomes: Anti-cancer properties of different plants are being acknowledged comprehensively. There are a few plants are existing in Bangladesh with such properties and among them; Allium sativum, Achyranthes aspera, Andrographis paniculata, Cannabis sativa, Camellia sinensis, Oroxylum indicum, Terminalia chebula, Withania somnifera, Zingiber officinale and Mangifera indica are most common. Conclusion: The information collected here will take part in an essential role to develop new drug formulation for cancer treatment and further research should be done on above mentioned plants

Keywords: Medicinal plants; Anticancer effect; Bangladesh; Pharmacology

Location: In Bangladesh

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Program Area: Development of Host and Medicinal Plants

Commodity: Diseases

Objectives:

The major target of this review article was to give some information to Bangladeshi researchers about some medicinal plants having anticancer properties available in Bangladesh.

Methodology:

Search strategy Conventional textbooks and databases such as Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed were searched for scientific arti¬cles published till January, 2018, using the follow¬ing descriptors: “cancer”, “herbal medicine Bangladesh” or “plant Bangladesh”, “medicinal plants Bangladesh” or “medicine traditional Bangladesh” without restriction on the language of the articles and without limiting the search items.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria: Both reviews and original works on medicinal plants were considered, including those that cited the plant species referenced for cancer treatment, with botanical identification correctly described according to the Ethnobotanical Database of Bangladesh (EDB) (http://www.ethnobotanybd.com/) and Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh (http://www.mpbd.info/). Ethnopharmacological articles that offered possible methodological bias in terms of sample superiority and validity of the species described in the study were not considered and were excluded.

Data analysis: To examine and assemble the objects, an investigative reading of the bibliographic materials was conducted, assessing the title and abstract of the work. After that, the articles that appeared in the results of all were verified. After completing the investigative analysis, a selective reading of the articles that included plant species with botanical records was done furthermore were checked in as information contained in the consulted periodicals was performed, thus allowing the collection of the data from the bibliographic review. Information on anti-cancer action was obtained directly from the selected articles.

Source of Information: Mod Appl Pharm Pharmacol Volume 1 - Issue - 4

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Achievement/Findings:

Medicinal plants will be a significant part of the management of cancer gradually in near future. Available Bangladeshi medicinal plants with the ability to decrease the expansion of cancer or be used as an adjuvant with cancer treatments for patients were described through this comprehensive review. Information that is provided will basically help to design new drug formation not only in ayurvedic but also modern drugs. Further research should be conducted on these plants.

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