Cytotoxic activity and phytochemical standardization of Lunasia amara Blanco wood extract

• Published in: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
• Main Authors: Muhammad Sulaiman Zubair, Syariful Anam, Subehan Lallo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016
• Subjects: Lunasia amara; Anticancer; HeLa; T47D; Total alkaloid; Lunacrine; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Arctic; Blanco
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apjtb.2016.04.014; https://doaj.org/article/e555450ebc4c479f8a5c65e144f7314a

Objective: To evaluate the cytotoxic activity of wood extracts of Lunasia amara Blanco (L. amara) and to perform further phytochemical standardization. Methods: The wood extracts of L. amara were assessed for cytotoxic activity by in vitro tetrazolium bromide (MTT) method against two human cancer ce...