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Traditionally Used Medicinal Dendrobium: A Promising Source of Active Anticancer Constituents

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Orchids Phytochemistry, Biology and Horticulture

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Abstract

Dendrobium represents one of the most important genera of the Orchidaceae family, having medicinal and ornamental value. Dendrobium species have been traditionally used as first-rate medicinal herbs in the treatment of a variety of disorders, such as nourishing the stomach and enhancing the production of body fluids. Many species of this genus are the sources of tonic for astringent, analgesic, anti-pyretic, antioxidant, antimicrobial, antidiabetic, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-metastasis, and antiangiogenesis because they have alkaloids, aromatic compounds, sesquiterpenoids, and polysaccharides as main components. This chapter includes the active constituents, extract and pure isolate, from 23 Dendrobium species and their effect in the anticancer, anti-metastasis, and antiangiogenesis.

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    Mukti Ram Paudel, Hari Datta Bhattarai & Bijaya Pant

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  1. Inst.des Sci.de la Vigne et du Vin, Université de Bordeaux, Villenave d'Ornon, France

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Paudel, M.R., Bhattarai, H.D., Pant, B. (2020). Traditionally Used Medicinal Dendrobium: A Promising Source of Active Anticancer Constituents. In: Merillon, JM., Kodja, H. (eds) Orchids Phytochemistry, Biology and Horticulture. Reference Series in Phytochemistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11257-8_16-1

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