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Plants that fight cancer /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kintzios, Spiridon E., Baberaki, Maria G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Neoplasms > drug therapy.
Phytotherapy.
Plant Extracts > therapeutic use.
Table of Contents:
  • A brief overview of the disease and its treatment
  • Incidence and causes
  • Classification of cancer types
  • Therapy
  • From source to patient : testing the efficiency of a candidate anticancer drug
  • The plant kingdom : nature's pharmacy for cancer treatment
  • Brief overview of the general organization of the plant cell
  • The chemical constituents of the plant cell
  • Why do plant compounds have an anticancer activity?
  • Chemical groups of natural products with anticancer properties
  • Biotechnology and supply tissue
  • Introduction : general botanical issues
  • Species-specific information
  • Cytotoxic metabolites from marine algae
  • Cytotoxic metabolites from chlorophyta
  • Cytotoxic metabolites from rhodophyta
  • Cytotoxic metabolites from phaeophyta
  • Cytotoxic metabolites from microalgae