Samer Shamshad

Plants remain a significant basis of new drugs and new drug leads to the new chemical entities. Plant based drug discovery give rise to the development of anti-cancer and anti-proliferative agents, and continues to add to the new leads in clinical trials. Products of plant drugs play a dominant role in pharmaceutical care and in treatment of various diseases. Several plant-derived compounds are positive results in cancer treatment. There are several classes of plant-derived cytotoxic natural products studied for further improvement and development of drugs. New anticancer drugs derived from research on plant antitumor agents will be continuously discovered. The basic aim of this research article is to explore the potential of newly discovered anticancer compounds from medicinal plants, as a lead for anticancer drug development. It will be helpful to explore the medicinal value of plants and for new drug discovery from them for the researchers and scientists around the globe. In search of novel  anti-cancer compounds I have selected two different medicinal plants Elettaria cardamomum and Ferula assa-foetida.