Cancer, Ethnobotany and In vitro Cytotoxicity Assays

Cancer is a major health problem worldwide. In recent years a lot of studies are focused on preliminary screening of plant extracts for their cytotoxic effect on human cancer cells. This brief review summarizes some of them [1-10]. Chosen studies share similar distinctiveness:  Medicinal plants wеre selected on the basis of their ethnomedicinal uses;  Native and endemic species from geographical regions which possess a great diversity of species have been elected;  Whole plant extracts have been tested;  Anticancer potential of plant extracts was investigated in vitro;  The results illustrate the value of preference based on the traditional knowledge.