Anticancer Potential of Some Ayurvedic Plants of North Eastern India: a Comprehensive Pharmacological Review
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The paper highlights some of the most important Ayurvedic medicinal plants of North Eastern India having anticancer potential. A brief review of distribution and pharmacological study (both in vivo and in vitro) of ten Ayurvedic medicinal plants of the region published by various researchers is illustrated in this paper. The medicinal plants discussed here are Enhydra Fluctuans Lour (Sanskrit: Hilamochika), Ageratum conizoides Linn. (Sanskrit: Visamustih), Dillenia pentagyna Roxb. (Sanskrit: Aksikiphala, Nagakesaram), Potentilla fulgens Wall. (Sanskrit: Bajradantii), Taxus baccata Linn. (Sanskrit name: Talispatra), Mirabilis jalapa Linn. (Sanskrit name: Krisnakeli), Xanthium strumarium Linn. (Sanskrit name: Sarpakshi), Dillenia indica Linn. (Dilleniaceae) (Sanskrit name: Avartaki), Alstonia scholaris R.Br. (Apocynaceae) (Sanskrit name: Saptaparna) and Azadirachta indica A. Juss. (Meliaceae) (Sanskrit name: Nimba).
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