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Brine shrimp bioassay of ethanol extracts of Sesuvium verrucosum, Salsola baryosma and Zygophyllum quatarense medicinal plants from Bahrain
Author(s) -
Taha Ahmed,
Alsayed Hashim
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
phytotherapy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.019
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1573
pISSN - 0951-418X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1573(200002)14:1<48::aid-ptr536>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - brine shrimp , bioassay , biology , halophyte , botany , traditional medicine , horticulture , medicine , salinity , fishery , ecology , genetics
Ethanol whole plant extracts of three halophytic plants from Bahrain Sesuvium verrucosum, Salsola baryosma, Zygophyllum quatarense have been tested for their cytotoxic activity by the brine shrimp method. Only S. verrucosum showed a marked significant activity (LC 50 = 102.7 µg/mL) Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.