Organic Chemistry: Current Research
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Tamrat Tesfaye Ayele

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• Review Article
  A Review on Traditionally Used Medicinal Plants/Herbs for Cancer Therapy in Ethiopia: Current Status, Challenge and Future Perspectives
  Author(s): Tamrat Tesfaye Ayele Tamrat Tesfaye Ayele
  
  Cancer is a disease which occurs when changes in a group of normal cells within the body lead to uncontrolled growth causing a lump called a tumor; this is true of all cancers except leukemia (cancer of the blood). If left untreated, it leads to death by invading and destroying normal cells. Ethiopia is one of the developing countries which are seriously affected by cancer due to lack of awareness and inaccessible to modern medicine on time. To reduce the severity of this serious problem, about 80% of the population still relay on the traditional medicine as a primary health care modality throughout the country. Even though many plants/herbs have been used by traditional healers of Ethiopian society, many species still await to have scientific evidence of their anticancer activity. The aim of this review is to collect available data about the cancer therapy of medicinal plants/herbs s.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0401.1000192

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