Traditional Uses and Anticancer Potential of the Combretum Genus: A Literature Review

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dc.contributor.authorCoulidiati, T. H.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-14T08:07:05Z
dc.date.available2023-07-14T08:07:05Z
dc.date.issued2023-03
dc.description.abstractBackground: Cancer incidence is increasing annually in all countries. So, it is nowadays a great burden for the different nations of the world. Research for new therapeutics is becoming an urgent need, particularly for intractable and chemoresistant cancer cases. The solutions can still be found by investigating natural products which are recognized as promising sources of bioactive compounds with a potential for the discovery of new preventive and therapeutic anticancer agents. Methodology: The present work used databases such as Pubmed, Science Direct and Google scholar to investigate the ethnobotanical uses of some Combretum species in the literature. It also allowed us to summarize some pharmacological studies on Combretum species. Results: This review gathers all available traditional uses and cytotoxicity studies of Combretum species in the literature. Special focus is given to pharmacological studies highlighting isolated potential anticancer molecules. These molecules present potent cytotoxic effect on various cancer cell lines and may contribute to improving the health of people suffering from various cancer diseases. Conclusion: The Combretum species are widely used in folk medicine for the treatment of several pathologies including cancers. This study is of fundamental importance in highlighting Combretum species as a potential source for research of new anticancer compounds.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsLaboratoire Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre (LASVT), UFR-ST, Université Norbert ZONGO, 01 BP 376 Koudougou 01, Koudougou, Burkina Fasoen_US
dc.identifier.citationCoulidiati T. H.. Traditional Uses and Anticancer Potential of the Combretum Genus: A Literature Review. European Journal of Medicinal Plants. 2023 Mar; 34(3): 22-39en_US
dc.identifier.issn2231-0894
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/219543
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherSciencedomain Internationalen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber3en_US
dc.relation.volume34en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.9734/ejmp/2023/v34i31127en_US
dc.subjectAnticancer potentialen_US
dc.subjectcombretumen_US
dc.subjectethnobotanical usesen_US
dc.subjectnatural producten_US
dc.subjecttraditional medicineen_US
dc.titleTraditional Uses and Anticancer Potential of the Combretum Genus: A Literature Reviewen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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