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Extracts from Camptotheca (the "happy tree" or "cancer tree") were used to develop the chemotherapeutic drug Topotecan. Plant sources of anti-cancer agents are plants, the derivatives of which have been shown to be usable for the treatment or prevention of cancer in humans. [1] [2]
Conopholis americana, the American cancer-root, bumeh or bear corn, is a perennial, [3] non-photosynthesizing (or "achlorophyllous") parasitic plant. It is from the family Orobanchaceae and more recently from the genus Conopholis but also listed as Orobanche, native but not endemic to North America. When blooming, it resembles a pine cone or ...
Cancer root. Add languages. Add links. Article; Talk; English. Read; ... Cancer root is a common name for several plants in the family Orobanchaceae, particularly genera:
Roots of older plants are far stronger and more bitter than those of younger plants. [citation needed] Osha plants form large clumps over time, and can grow to be very large. In areas of New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah, osha can reach heights of 6 to 7 feet and produce circular colonies with dozens of root crowns growing from a central root mass.
Orobanche uniflora, commonly known as one-flowered broomrape, [1] one-flowered cancer root, [2] ghost pipe [3] or naked broomrape, [4] is an annual [5] [6] parasitic herbaceous plant. It is native to much of North America, where it is a parasitic plant , tapping nutrients from many other species of plants, including those in the families ...
Conopholis alpina, known as the alpine cancer-root, is an achlorophyllous (lacking chlorophyll), root parasitic plant (holoparasite). It is native to Northern Mexico, and to the Southwestern United States in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Texas. [1] Varieties. Conopholis alpina var. mexicana — Mexican cancer-root. [2]
Rhaponticum carthamoides, synonym Leuzea carthamoides, is a species of herbaceous perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. [1] It is known as maral root or rhaponticum. [2] It inhabits the sub-alpine zone (4,500–6,000 ft (1,400–1,800 m) above sea level) as well as alpine meadows.
Euphorbia tirucalli has been promoted as an anticancer agent, but research shows that it suppresses the immune system, promotes tumor growth, and leads to the development of certain types of cancer. [7] Euphorbia tirucalli has also been associated with Burkitt's lymphoma and is thought to be a cofactor of the disease rather than a treatment. [10]