COMBINATION OF NATURAL DRUGS: AN EMERGING TREND IN CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY

Authors

  • Sandeep Kumar IEC group of Institutions, Greater Noida
  • Shweta Choudhary IEC Group of Institutions
  • Nisha Singh IEC Group Of Institutions
  • Manjunath Setty Manipal University

Abstract

Cancer is major health burden in developed countries as well as developing countries around the globe. Breast cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer and colon cancer are responsible for  more than 50 percent of total deaths due to cancer . Chemotherapy is most popular and convenient form of treatment against almost all types of cancer. Products of natural origin are employed in chemotherapy for long time in the form of chemopreventive, chemosensitizing and chemotherapeutic agents. Combination drugs chemotherapy is considered to be more effective and safer way of treatment. This short review is an attempt to cover the combination of drugs from plant origin that are effective in most common cancers and their clinical status.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.22270/jddt.v2i3.190

Author Biographies

Sandeep Kumar, IEC group of Institutions, Greater Noida

Pharmacy

Shweta Choudhary, IEC Group of Institutions

Pharmacy

Nisha Singh, IEC Group Of Institutions

Pharmacy

Manjunath Setty, Manipal University

Associate Professor in Department of Pharmacognosy

Published

14-05-2012
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How to Cite

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Kumar S, Choudhary S, Singh N, Setty M. COMBINATION OF NATURAL DRUGS: AN EMERGING TREND IN CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY. J. Drug Delivery Ther. [Internet]. 2012 May 14 [cited 2025 Mar. 16];2(3). Available from: https://jddtonline.info/index.php/jddt/article/view/190

How to Cite

1.
Kumar S, Choudhary S, Singh N, Setty M. COMBINATION OF NATURAL DRUGS: AN EMERGING TREND IN CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY. J. Drug Delivery Ther. [Internet]. 2012 May 14 [cited 2025 Mar. 16];2(3). Available from: https://jddtonline.info/index.php/jddt/article/view/190