ABSTRACT
This huge group of compounds, now collectively termed as “phytochemicals,” found in plants, is responsible for therapeutic effect as well as color, flavor, and aroma of foods. These phytochemicals have different classes (phenol, flavonoid, alkaloid, carotenoid, nitrogen-containing, organosulfur compounds, and so forth). Some of these phytochemicals have proven to exhibit the potentials for the treatment and management of the different type of cancer (breast, lung, prostate, oral, blood, cervical) through antioxidant enzymes, enhancing deoxyribonucleic acid repair pathways, cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis. This chapter enlisted the plant source material with their scientifically proven molecules and possible preclinical and clinical effects, different phytoconstituents sources in the treatment and management of the different type of cancer.
