Assessment of scientific evidence recommending Annona muricata L. (soursop tree) for cancer prevention or treatment

[摘要] INTRODUCTION: the dissemination of information about "fantastic" remedies to cure diseases feared by everybody because of their possible fatal outcome, or those "cure all" substances that may solve more than one hundred health problems is unfortunately frequent on Internet and creates false expectations in patients, relatives and even health professionals. There are some pieces of information on the Web that Annona muricata L. is able to cure cancer. OBJECTIVES: to determine if there is published scientific information that allows validating the use of this plant in the treatment of cancer. METHODS: the main scientific biomedical literature databases available (BVS-BIREME /11/, COCHRANE /0/, PubMed /5/, LILACS /2/, SciELO /0/, SeCiMed /0/, EBSCO /2) were reviewed, using

[学科分类] 药理学

[关键词] : Annona muricata;cancer;ethics