Anticancer Agents
Anticancer Agents is a reference entry in the Nighantu. 271 herbs and compounds with anticancer activity across traditions Adhaki — Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. Agastya — Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Pers. Agnikarna — Gloriosa superba L.
271 herbs and compounds with anticancer activity across traditions
Ayurveda (100)
- Adhaki — Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.
- Agastya — Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Pers.
- Agnikarna — Gloriosa superba L. (Agnikumarika/Agnimukhi); also associated with Litsea species in some texts
- Aivana — Salvia officinalis L.
- Aja Dugdha Goat Milk
- Akarakarabha — Anacyclus pyrethrum (L.) Lag.
- Akhuparni — Ipomoea reniformis Choisy (syn. Merremia emarginata (Burm.f.) Hallier f.)
- Amalaki Rasayana
- Ambasthaki — Cissampelos pareira L.
- Amlaparni — Oxalis corniculata L.
- Amra — Mangifera indica L.
- Ankola — Alangium salviifolium (L.f.) Wangerin
- Aparajita — Clitoria ternatea L.
- Aragwadha — Cassia fistula L.
- Ashoka
- Ashwattha — Ficus religiosa L.
- Babbula — Acacia nilotica (L.) Delile (syn. Vachellia nilotica)
- Bakula — Mimusops elengi L.
- Bijapura — Citrus medica L.
- Bilva Majja — Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa (fruit pulp)
- Bilwa Patra — Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa (leaves)
- Brihati — Solanum indicum L.
- Changeri — Oxalis corniculata L.
- Chavya — Piper retrofractum Vahl (syn. Piper chaba Hunter)
- Chitrak — Plumbago zeylanica L.
- Dadima Twak — Punica granatum L. (fruit rind/pericarp)
- Danti — Baliospermum montanum (Willd.) Muell.-Arg.
- Daruharidra — Berberis aristata DC.
- Devadaru — Cedrus deodara (Roxb. ex D.Don) G.Don
- Dhamasa — Fagonia cretica L. / Fagonia arabica L.
- Ela — Elettaria cardamomum
- Elakanadi Kashayam
- Gajapippali — Scindapsus officinalis (Roxb.) Schott
- Giloy — Tinospora cordifolia
- Giloy Satva — Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers (aqueous starch extract)
- Gojihva — Onosma bracteatum Wall.
- Gomutra
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