title: DIACAN: Integrated Database for Antidiabetic and Anticancer Medicinal Plants.
abstract: Medicinal plants and plant derived molecules are widely used in traditional cultures all over the world and they are becoming large popular among biomedical researchers and pharmaceutical companies as a natural alternative to synthetic medicine. Information related to medicinal plants and herbal drugs accumulated over the ages are scattered and unstructured which make it prudent to develop a curated database for medicinal plants. The Antidiabetic and Anticancer Medicinal Plants Database (DIACAN) aims to collect and provide an integrated platform for plants and phytochemiclas having antidiabetic or anticancer activity.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  http://www.kaubic.in/diacan.
authors.affiliation: Bioinformatics Centre (DIC), College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, KAU (PO), Vellanikkara, Kerala, India, 680656.
authors.forename: Priyanka
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: Vipin Anithottam
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Mathai
authors.forename: Silpa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shajikumar
authors.forename: Priya Antony
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Pereppadan
authors.forename: Parvathi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sudha
authors.forename: Raghunath
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Keshavachandran
authors.forename: Puthiyaveetil Abdulla
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Nazeem