2025, Vol. 13, Issue 5, Part B

author(s)
Nandadulal Sannigrahi

abstract
Sustainable health is one of the most important issues of the 21^st century. The 4^th generation healths practices are now become the call of the time due to severe side effects of the conventional health practices as being observed from time to time. The side effects of the antibiotics and steroids do not deserve further exemplification. Cancer is the most important major health concerns today and it is not any single diseases rather it is actually a group of related diseases and it is estimated that about 6 million cases every year, the incidence of the mass killer disease are anticipated to be observed. The types of cancer are near about the number of cell lines of the human beings. The multiple causes of cancer have aggravated the issues more serious. The different internal factors like gene mutations, poor immune system, hormonal issues and the external factors like food habits, life styles, industrialization, over growth of human population along with the growing concern of global warming are the important causes in this concern. The chemotherapy, radiotherapy and chemo-radiotherapy are mostly used for the treatment of this disease. The use of the anticancer plants is not still in practice due to different hidden causes, India is the largest producer of medicinal plants and it is also recognized as “Botanical garden of the World”. The different medicinal plants may promote host resistance against the different types of infection by re-stabilizing body equilibrium and conditioning the body tissues. The presence of antioxidants in herbal plants can promote anticancer activity. The medicinal plants are not only easy available but also, these are cheaper with almost zero toxicity and can be addressed by the common people. Preparation of the standardized dosage and the dosage regimen can play a very effective role in the prevention and the curing of the disease. The present paper has tried to explore the diverse medicinal plants used in the traditional knowledge of the health practices along with to find the phylogenic similarities among the plants used in this regard. To find out the potent anticancer agents from medicinal plants along with their phylogeny is very important to explore this domain.