Review on Anticancerous Activity of Gamma Oryzanol

Cancer refers to a disease specified by the abnormal growth of cells which divides uncontrollably and have the ability to pervade and demolish normal body tissue. In India & overall world Cancer is the main reason of death. Due to improvements in cancer screening, its treatment and prevention survival rates of cancer are increasing day by day. Gamma-oryzanol is a growth-promoting substance found in grains and isolated from rice bran oil Gamma-Oryzanol and its components have been assigning for their anticancerous properties. Administration of γ-oryzanol resulted in a dose-dependent reduction of the tumor growth by 44% without affecting the weight of other organs.