ABSTRACT
Cancer was defined as something evil or malignant that spreads destructively by Merriam-Webster and as per the National Library of Medicine. It can also be defined as Malignant Neoplasm or as a disease with the uncontrollable division of abnormal cells and spreads rapidly. The modern medicine has failed in preventing cancer but can control cancer to some extent. The anticancer drug discovery became the interesting hub for many multinational pharmaceutical companies and investing 142huge amount of money. However, it is a failure of synthetic chemistry to deliver a single potent anticancer molecule. The main problem with cancer is its resistance and there is a need of complex new molecules to fight cancer, this is possible only from fruits, spices, and greens. The current chapter focuses on the importance of spice box in everyone kitchen globally and how these superhero spices can hit the villain cancer and also explains the anticancer drug discovery from Indian ancestral spice box which contain anticancer super spices like Allium sativum (Amaryllidaceae), Capsicum annum (Solanaceae), Carum carvi (Apiaceae), Cinnamomum zeylanicum (Lauraceae), Coriandrum sativum (Apiaceae), Crocus sativus (Iridiaceae), Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae), Cuminum cyminum (Apiaceae), Elettaria cardamomum (Zingiberaceae), Foeniculum vulgare (Apiaceae), Myristica fragrans (Myristicaceae), Piper nigrum (piperaceae), Syzygium aromaticum (Myrtaceae) and Trigonella foenum-graecum (Fabaceae).
