[Latin-American plants as a source of new antineoplastic drugs, current situation and new opportunities against cancer].
Cancer is one of the most relevant pandemics in modern world. There is a clear predominance of this pathology with distinct epidemiological characteristics in developing and developed countries. Effective, low-cost treatment and prophylaxis strategies that also have minimal side effects are needed. The present work is a brief revision of research that show the great therapeutic potential of plants, highlighting those carried out in Latin America with local plants considering that this is a yet incipient field of study. The great pool of organic compounds and other substances such as proteins indicate that they might provide a reliable alternative in the search for new actors in the battle against cancer.
Departamento de Ciencias Básicas de la Universidad Santo Tomás, Copiapó, Chile. Address: Río Copiapó Sur #2351, Salida Norte Camino Caldera, Copiapó, Chile. Email: eorrego@santotomas.cl.
Eduardo Freddy
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Orrego Escobar
D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D055808:Drug Discovery / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*
D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Latin America; antineoplastic agents; atineoplastic protocols; medicinal plants testing