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Content Type: Book Chapter

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License: Distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)

Copyright: © 2026 The Author(s). Published by Ayurveda360 Academic Press.

Received: 2026-06

Accepted: 2026-07

Published: 2026-07

Peer Review Process: Editorial and double-blind peer review by subject board experts

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Author Contributions: Dr. Priyanka Katru: Conceptualization, literature review, investigation, evidence synthesis, methodology, writing – original draft preparation, writing – review and editing, chapter editing, and final approval.

Competing Interests: The author(s) declare no financial or non-financial competing interests.

Funding / Financial Support: This work received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

Acknowledgements: background:#f8fafc; border-left:5px solid #065f46; border-radius:8px; padding:18px 22px; margin:24px 0; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; color:#334155; font-size:16px; line-height:1.75; font-style:italic;"> “I express my sincere gratitude to the classical Āyurvedic scholars, oncology clinicians, toxicologists, pharmacologists, researchers, peer reviewers, and academic collaborators whose work informed the critical and safety-centred synthesis presented in this chapter.