Anti-Cancer Effects of Natural Products: 2nd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pharmacology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2026 | Viewed by 664
Special Issue Editor
Interests: cancer; redox; endocrinology; herbal medicine; pathology; cancer stem cell; cancer reprogramming; miRNA; alternative splicing factor; drug resistance; drug development; drug delivery system
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Dear Colleagues,
Since the 1940s, when the first cancer treatment was developed, cancer has remained incurable. Even though complete recovery is only possible for a few early cancers, metastasis and the recurrence of cancer render treatment impossible and account for the vast majority of cancer-related fatalities. Since then, cancer-specific targeted anticancer medications have been developed to treat a wide range of cancers; however, limitations such as resistance mechanisms and adverse effects remain. Seventy-five percent of anti-cancer drugs are derived from herbal components. More than fifty percent of today's pharmaceuticals are derived from natural products. Presently, the most significant research emphasizes the need for multiple mechanism studies to identify novel biomarkers of the resistance mechanism using herbal ingredients in the prevention and treatment of various malignancies.
Dr. Moon Nyeo Park
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cancer
- natural products
- herbal medicine
- anticancer therapies
- metastasis
- recurrence
- resistance mechanism
- novel biomarker
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