Abstract

ANTICANCER ACTIVITY OF MORUS (MULBERRY) SPECIES WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON MORUSIN

Abdullatif Azab*

Abstract

In our three previous review articles about the Morus (mulberry) plant genus, we presented the antidiabetic, brainrelated and anti-inflammatory properties-activities of its trees. In this article, anticancer and related activities of this genus will be reviewed. Literature data possess dozens of research articles about this crucial activity, since cancer is one of the major human death causes. Like in our three previous review articles about this genus, Morus alba (white mulberry) is the most studied and published. Also, the unique natural products that these plants contain and most of them were previously presented, will be shown in this article. Some of these, reportedly most active, will be presented separately in the discussion section. Species that were not published for anticancer activity will be highlighted in order to raise the need for research. Finally, we will present the few review articles that were published about anticancer activity of the entire Morus genus and show their strengths and weaknesses.

Keywords: Anticancer, Morus, Morus alba, Morus nigra, Morus indica, flavonoids, Morusin, Kuwanon, Sanggenon, Nanoparticles.