Plant-Derived Anticancer Drugs in the OMICS Era: Biosynthesis, Functions, and Applications

The current anti-cancer synthetic medicines are deemed inefficient and unsafe, state the editors of this new book. Plant-based lead molecules, however, such as taxol, camptothecin, podophyllotoxins, vinblastine, vincristine, homoharringtonine, and numerous other anticancer compounds from nature’s arsenal, are potentially safe and can be powerful alternatives that effectively fight against cancer.The volume looks at a variety of medicinal plants and approaches that have shown beneficial results against cancer. Topics in the book include Unani approaches of anticancer plants, genetic engineering and CRISPR/CAS-mediated editing to enhance a plant’s anticancer potential, computational approaches used in anticancer plants, and more. The volume also examines the metabolomics of plants that give them anti-cancer properties.

About the Author

Deepu Pandita is a Senior Lecturer in the Government Department of School Education, Jammu, India. She has more than 19 years of teaching experience. She has published editorials, book chapters, reviews, and research articles in journals of national and international repute and also acts as a reviewer, associate editor, and editor of several international journals. She has presented her research at professional conferences and has received awards for her work.

Anu Pandita is a Dietician at Vatsalya Clinic, Krishna Nagar, New Delhi, India. Previously she worked as a lecturer at Bee Enn College of Nursing, Talab Tillo, Jammu, India, and as a Dietician at Ahinsa Dham Bhagwan Mahavir Charitable Health Centre, New Delhi, India. She conducted a case study at the Pediatric Gastroenterology Ward at Nehru Hospital, PGI, Chandigarh, India, on a patient suffering from chronic liver disease. She has published books, book chapters, and research articles in journals of national and international repute and has also presented her research at national and international conferences.

Titles of related interest from Deepu Pandita and Anu Pandita:

• Antidiabetic Plants for Drug Discovery: Pharmacology, Secondary Metabolite Profiling,

and Ingredients with Insulin Mimetic Activity

• Plant Transposable Elements: Biology and Biotechnology

• CRISPR/Cas-Mediated Genome Editing in Plants

• Antidiabetic Potential of Plants in the Era of Omics

• Potent Anticancer Medicinal Plants: Secondary Metabolite Profiling, Active Ingredients,

and Pharmacological Outcomes