Effect of cigarette smoking on human health and promising remedy by mangroves

This article reviews the evils of cigarette smoking and the promise of mangroves to cure them. Chemicals in cigarette smoke are leading cause of death to both smokers and nonsmokers. Plant is the potential source to produce medicine for almost all the diseases. Mangroves are promising as a novel sou...

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Published in:Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
Main Authors: Chinnappan Ravinder Singh, Kandasamy Kathiresan
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2221-1691(15)30337-3
https://doaj.org/article/4f790e9f396c42149667f8e84c143337
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Summary:This article reviews the evils of cigarette smoking and the promise of mangroves to cure them. Chemicals in cigarette smoke are leading cause of death to both smokers and nonsmokers. Plant is the potential source to produce medicine for almost all the diseases. Mangroves are promising as a novel source of anti-cancer drugs in regulating the cancer pathways and stimulating immunity in the body system. Research on medicine from mangroves for the treatment of cancer has not only been shown to have an effect on cancer, but also provided important methods for the study of cancer therapy and mechanism. This report may help to explore the medicinal properties of the mangroves.