Overview on Medicinal Herbs used for Cancer Therapy

Cancer is a serious disease that affects people in both developing and developed countries. Because of this, the need for new ways to prevent and treat cancer is increasing. For thousands of years, plants have been an important part of traditional medicine and have provided many useful remedies. Medicinal plants contain many natural compounds that have healing properties. These plant-based products often have advantages over synthetic medicines, which is why their use in healthcare is growing. Many plant-derived compounds—such as vincristine, taxol, vinblastine, stigmasterol, camptothecin, and resveratrol—are already used worldwide to treat cancer. This review aims to highlight the role of different medicinal plants in fighting cancer. Cancer is a disease in which abnormal cells proliferate in the body. It is a group of various diseases involving uncontrolled multiplication and division of abnormal cells in the body. These abnormal cells form malignant growths which called neoplasm. Nowadays, cancer considered as one of the most prevalent diseases in the world, and its mortality is increasing. It is necessary to investigate new strategies to prevent and treat disease. Herbal medicines block critical biochemical pathways converting normal cells to cancer cells for treatment. Herbal medicines block signal transduction in cancer which is a primary channel. By such as controlling nuclear factor-kB signaling pathway. Protein tyrosine kinase pathway. and mitogen-activated protein kinases signal pathway.