A review of ten (10) edible plants in Nigeria as promising repositories of anticancer bioactivity: Implications for medical nutrition therapy

InformationGlobally and in Nigeria, cancer is among the most common diseases there are.It is among the main challenges facing health care as well.Native Southwestern Nigerian plant species have attracted a lot of interest recently as they could be able to combat cancer.These plants are not only edible but also rather remarkable.Extensive investigation of the scholarly literature has turned up many studies examining the chemical composition, biological activity, and traditional use of these plants.This research has helped us to realise, how vitally crucial these plants are in cancer treatment.The research provides a great deal of information on the many bioactive compounds that have been discovered, their modes of action in the body, and their relative importance in treating the most prevalent forms of cancer including breast, cervical, prostate, liver, and colon cancers.According to this research, Southwestern Nigeria has a lot of flora and some of them could be able to cure cancer.This emphasises the need for more research and investigation on how conventional medicine may be able to enhance present cancer therapies by means of natural healing approaches.