ABSTRACT
One of the most prevalent malignant illnesses and important public health issues in the world today is cancer. Better and more potent medications are desperately needed to treat this illness in comparison to current treatments. A different approach to treating cancer is necessary given its increased prevalence worldwide. A highly practical option in terms of allopathic cancer treatment is herbal therapy. It is well known that several medicinal plants contain phytochemical elements with anticancer effects. These plant-derived chemicals may be used as possible lead molecules while developing new medications. Bioinformatics methods are increasingly essential for evaluating and combining data to draw conclusions due to the development of high-throughput techniques. These methods are crucial for the discovery of genes and pathways that may be linked to significant secondary metabolites from medicinal plants that have anticancer activities. The development of cancer and phytochemical mechanisms of action, the process of creating phytochemical drugs from plants, the main phytochemical components with anticancer properties, the anticancer activity of medicinal plants, bioinformatics approaches, current developments in indigenous medicinal plant informatics, cancer treatment options, and the regulatory aspects of herbal anticancer drugs are all covered in this chapter.
