Role of traditional Islamic and Arabic plants in cancer therapy

Rizwan Ahmad ； Niyaz Ahmad ； Atta Abbas Naqvi ； Adeeb Shehzad ； Mastour Safer Al-Ghamdi

《Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine》 7卷2期 (2017/04) Pp. 195-204

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcme.2016.05.002

摘要

Ethno pharmacological relevance: This review article underlines individual Traditional Islamic and Arabic plant (TAI) and their role in treating cancer. The aim of the study is to specifically evaluate the progress of herbs, Arabic and Islamic traditional herbs in particular, applied in cancer treatment, so far. Materials and methods: Islamic and Arabic plants were selected and identified through different literature survey using ＂Google scholar＂, ＂Web of science＂, ＂Scopus＂ and ＂PubMed＂. Each plant, from identified Arabic and Islamic plants list, was search individually for the most cited articles in the aforementioned databases using the keywords, ＂Anticancer＂, ＂Uses in cancer treatment＂, ＂Ethno pharmacological importance in cancer＂ etc. Results: The current review about Islamic and Arabic plants illuminates the importance of Islamic and Arabic plants and their impact in treating cancer. There is a long list of Islamic and Arabic plants used in cancer as mentioned in review with enormous amount of literature. Each plant has been investigated for its anticancer potential. The literature survey as mentioned in table shows; these plants are widely utilized in cancer as a whole, a part thereof or in the form of isolated chemical constituent. Conclusions: This review strongly supports the fact; Arabic and Islamic traditional plants have emerged as a good source of complementary and alternative medicine in treating cancer. Traditional Arab-Islamic herbal-based medicines might be promising for new cancer therapeutics with low toxicity and minimal side effects. The plants used are mostly in crude form and still needs advance research for the isolation of phytochemicals and establishing its cellular and molecular role in treating cancer.

關鍵字

Cancer ； Islamic and Arabic plants ； TAI modalities ； Ethno-pharmacological profile ； Ethno-medicinal importance

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