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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume 2011, Article ID 365359, 14 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/365359
Review Article

Medicinal Plants Used as Antitumor Agents in Brazil: An Ethnobotanical Approach

Joabe Gomes de Melo,1,2 Ariane Gaspar Santos,2 Elba Lúcia Cavalcanti de Amorim,2 Silene Carneiro do Nascimento,3 and Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque1

1Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Rua Dom Manoel de Medeiros, s/n, 52171-900 Recife, PE, Brazil
2Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Avenida Prof. Arthur de Sá, s/n, 50740-521 Recife, PE, Brazil
3Departamento de Antibióticos, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Avenida Prof. Arthur de Sá, s/n, 50740-521 Recife, PE, Brazil

Received 3 July 2010; Revised 15 November 2010; Accepted 9 January 2011

Copyright © 2011 Joabe Gomes de Melo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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