Abstract

ANTI-CANCER POTENTIAL PLANTS FROM BAHRAICH (UTTAR PRADESH) INDIA

T. P. Mall* and S. C. Tripathi

Abstract

On November 21, 2017 in Deink Jagran Daily Newspaper Page 13, there was an information that the daily consumption of four fruits viz., Bel, Jamun, Karonda and Falsa has potential to cure cancer, this information has been the outcome of the research held in the Division of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Sciences and Cancer Pharmacology, Division of Indian Institute of Integrative Sciences, Sher- E- Kashmir Agricultural Sciences and Technology University, J&K. As per Dr. Vikash Sharma Assistant Professor, these fruits are not only for cure specially Lung Cancer it is also a prophylactic medicine. He also told that Karalla and Awala has also such properties. Since all these plants are found in enormous number in not only Bahraich but these all are common in UP. The ethno botanical potential of these novel plants has to be work out and known to the mass by one way or the other.

Keywords: Cancer, Bahraich, Phytochemicals, Ethnomedicinal, Ethnobotanical Potential.