Clinical Impact of Medicinal Herbs in the Treatment of Osteosarcoma

Abstract

Osteosarcoma is a type of bone cancer that initiates in the cells that establish bones. This mainly occurs in the long bones that make up the arms and legs. In present days, osteosarcoma is treated with many advanced drugs which have diverse side effects when compared to medicinal herbs and its phytoconstituents. This review mainly deals with different medicinal plants and its phytoconstituents used in the treatment of bone cancer. The review study showed that phytoconstituents of the herbs inhibited the growth of osteosarcoma cell by targeting proliferation and apoptosis. Thus, the findings might be useful for the development of new treatment strategies and their role in antitumor, effectiveness in osteosarcoma need to be explored further.