Anticancer Plants: Mechanisms and Molecular Interactions Volume 4
This book summarizes the application of plant derived anticancer compounds as chemopreventives to treat several cancer types, focusing on the molecular mechanisms of action of phytocompounds and providing an overview&nbs
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icancer Plants: Mechanisms and Molecular Interactions Volume 4
Anticancer Plants: Mechanisms and Molecular Interactions
Mohd Sayeed Akhtar Mallappa Kumara Swamy Editors
Anticancer Plants: Mechanisms and Molecular Interactions Volume 4
Editors Mohd Sayeed Akhtar Department of Botany Gandhi Faiz-e-Aam College Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Mallappa Kumara Swamy Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture Universiti Putra Malaysia Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Foreword
Cancer is regarded as a high-profile disease both in industrialised and less- industrialised countries. The report published by the WHO few years back shows that 7.6 million people have died from cancer-related diseases with the majority from low-income countries. UK Cancer Research also has reported that 14.1 million adults were diagnosed with cancer in 2012, and 8.2 million people passed away globally. In the Americas, this disease is the cause of 1 in 4 deaths. Recent estimates have revealed that the incidence of mortality and prevalence from major types of cancer on global basis lie around 14.1 million new can
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