Natural Products and Synthetic Analogs as a Source of Antitumor Drugs

Abstract

Cancer is a heterogeneous disease and one of the major issues of health concern, especially for the public health system globally. Nature is a source of anticancer drugs with abundant pool of diverse chemicals and pharmacologically active compounds. In recent decade, some natural products and synthetic analogs have been investigated for the cancer treatment. This article presents the utilization of natural products as a source of antitumor drugs.

Keywords

• phytochemical
• phytomedicine
• anticancer
• natural products