Lead Compounds from Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Cancer Lead Compounds from Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Cancer is a volume in the series, Pharmaceutical Leads from Medicinal Plants. This book consists of medicinal Plants from Europe, Asia, North and South America and Africa that have been carefully selected according to their scientific relevance based on significant pharmacological evidence for their potential to treat cancer. The plant species described in this reference represent today's most promising sources of natural products for the discovery of anticancer drugs. Cancer researchers and scientists involved in drug discovery will value this book's treatment of ethnobotanical information, medicinal uses, chemical structures and more. Including a multitude of references to the current literature, as well as accompanying figures and valuable indices, this book is a complete source containing the most promising novel lead compounds derived from natural products for the treatment of cancer. Key Features: Identifies numerous patentable anticancer leads from a variety of medicinal plants across the globe Sections present the plant's history, common names, basionym, synonym, habitat, medicinal uses, pharmacological evidence, chemical structure, a botanical plate of the plant, references and more To further support lead compound identification, the rationale section for each plant contains anticancer activity in vitro, anticancer mechanisms, antitumor activity in the animal model, active component and its derivative Includes forewords from leading scientists in the areas of natural product research and anticancer drug discovery Related Titles: Kelley/DNA Repair in Cancer Therapy, 2012, 978-0-12-384999-1 Altman/Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture, 2012, 978-0-12-381466-1 Qiu/Developing Solid Oral Dosage Forms, 2009, 978-0-444-53242-8 Neidle/Cancer Drug Design and Discovery, 2008, 978-0-12-369448-5 Book jacket.