***Natural Products are Fantastic Anti-Cancer Drugs
Written by Dr. Vijaya Nair, the Official Guide to Health Products and Services
- Almost 74% of all drugs approved as anticancer drugs were natural products or were based from natural products. (Newman DJ, Cragg GM, and Snader KM., J. Nat. Prod., 2003)
- Approximately 25% of drug prescriptions in the United States are compounds derived from plants. (Reynold T, J. National Cancer Institute 183, 1991)
- There are 121 prescription drugs in use today, which come from 90 plant species. (Benowitz S, The Scientist 10, 1996)
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