Medicinal plants of Ecuador: a review of plants with anticancer potential and their chemical composition

Autor:	Fani Tinitana-Imaicela, Natalia Bailon-Moscoso, Juan Carlos Romero-Benavides, Patricia Ostrosky-Wegman
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Traditional medicine Organic Chemistry fungi Biodiversity Ethnobotany food and beverages Ethnomedicine Plant Biology Indigenous Anticancer Chemical diversity Botany Plant species Species richness Ecuador General Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmaceutics Medicinal plants
Zdroj:	Repositorio Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja instacron:UTPL
Popis:	Ecuador is well known for its biodiversity and its ancient richness. This review provides an overview of Ecuadorian plant species in terms of the ethnobotany and chemistry of natural products in relation to anticancer activity. Plant species were classified into two groups: (a) Ethnomedical species with confirmed antitumor activity and (b) species indigenous to Ecuador with anticancer potential. This review shows that there is a great chemical diversity in Ecuadorian plants that can be used for potential antitumor therapeutics, and chemical and biological analysis confirms the biomedical use of the plant-derived compounds as cytotoxic agents for cancer cells.Graphical Abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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