Natural Sources as Potential Anti-cancer Agents: A Review

Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide. Conventional cancer therapies cause serious side effects and at best,merely extend the patient's lifespan by a few years. Cancer control may therefore benefit from the potential that resides inalternative therapies. The demand to utilize alternative concepts or approaches to the treatment of cancer is thereforeescalating. However, the potential treatment of cancer is still under investigation. In fact the plants occupy a good place inthe treatment. With the advanced knowledge of molecular science and the refinement in isolation and structural elucidationtechniques, we are now in much better position to identify various anticancer plants. The medicinal plants and theirproducts, particularly vegetables have antioxidant activity leading to anti cancer effect. Many doctors recommend thatpeople wish to reduce the risk of cancer must eat vegetables everyday in their diet. The vegetables contain manyphytochemicals having antioxidant activity. The antioxidant protects the cells from damaged caused by free oxygenradicals. Here the present article gives a better therapeutic approach to cancer by the maximum use vegetables againstdifferent cancers