Natural Compounds as Potential Anticancer Agents
A special issue of Medicines (ISSN 2305-6320).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2019) | Viewed by 7619
Special Issue Editor
Interests: cancer epigenetics; biomarkers; bioactive molecules
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Dear Colleagues,
Surgical resection, chemotherapy and radiation are the accepted medical practices in cancer treatment. Nonetheless, these treatment strategies (chemotherapy and radiation) may induce a plethora of adverse effects and drug tolerance over time. Alternate forms to the commonly used medical practices are therefore pertinent. The scope and aims of this Special Issue are to compile articles, original research, clinical trials, and/or review that address the latest developments in alternate therapies using natural compounds. In this issue, natural products will include molecules obtained from animals, plants or insects and is not restricted to bioactive molecules only. Studies that focus on the mechanistic action of these natural products and their relevance to chemotherapy will be accepted for this issue.
Assist. Prof. Sabita Saldanha
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- chemotherapy
- epigenetics
- medicinal plants
- insect-derived products
- animal-derived products
- miRNA
- bioactive molecules
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