Abstract
Background: Nanomedicine, or Phyto nanomedicine, has emerged as a
promising solution to enhance therapeutic efficacy by altering the
pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the phytochemicals.
Nanomedicines have been developed for enhancing the therapeutic efficacy
of the treatments of various diseases. Cancer is the second leading
cause of mortality worldwide. Recent findings: Currently
available anticancer therapeutic strategies are not sufficient to
improve the survival rate of patients. Even significant promising
development over the past few decades have not been observed. Recent
studies evidenced that cancer cells develop multidrug resistance (MDR)
against chemotherapeutics and this leads to enhanced proliferation,
invasion and metastasis. Hence, there is an urgent need for an
alternative strategy to treat this silent killer. Recently,
phytochemicals have gained immense attention as a promising anticancer
agent by targeting multimodal oncogenic pathways, inducing cell cycle
arrest and apoptosis in preclinical studies. Conclusion: Being
multi pathway target oriented Phytochemicals if clubbed with
Nanotechnology can prove to be better tool for combating this deadly
disease. Therefore, to address these challenges, phytochemical-based
nanomedicines (phytonanomedicine) have been developed that not only
improve pharmacokinetics profile of drugs but also provide a less toxic
multitargeted treatment regimen. In this review, we summarize the
current status of nano phytomedicine as anticancer drugs, focusing on
the role of phytomedicine in translational cancer research.