there is an urgent
need for an intensive search for natural chemical
compounds for prevention. Spices used in food
preparing contains a rich wide variety of such
essential compounds which on correct use can even
cure these deadly diseases possessing worldwide
threat. Such four spices Ammomum subulatm,
Cinnamomum verum, Glyccyrhhiza glabra and
Curcuma longa regularly used in food preparing and
home remedies are tested upon colon cancer cell
lines, COLO 320DM for their effect on cancer cells
the results were amazing. Black cardamom
(A.subulatum) extracts showed interesting cancer cell
growth prohibition property and other extracts
showed cancer cells destroying properties. When the
SDS of these extracts was done and the compounds
obtained were analysed in-silico for drug designing
by docking, it showed that many drugs could be
designed some specific to target and some nonspecific
for colon cancer prevention and cure. The
intake of these compounds on regular bases will
definitely prove as “PREVENTION IS BETTER
THAN CURE”