Open AccessBrine shrimp lethality bioassay of selected Centaurea L. species (Asteraceae)
Author(s) -
Pedja Janaćković,
Vele Tešević,
Petar D. Marin,
Slobodan Milosavljević,
Sonja Duletić-Laušević,
Slavica Janackovic,
Milan Veljić
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
archives of biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1821-4339
pISSN - 0354-4664
DOI - 10.2298/abs0804681j
Subject(s) - brine shrimp , asteraceae , bioassay , centaurea , biology , methanol , botany , traditional medicine , chemistry , fishery , ecology , medicine , organic chemistry
Ether extracts of 15 Centaurea L. species (Asteraceae) methanol extracts of 12species, and cnicin isolated from C. derventana were tested for general bioactivity using the brine shrimp lethality test. Cnicin showed the most potent activity with LC50 0.2. Also, ether extract of C. splendens showed significant activity with LC50 7.3, as did methanol extract of C. arenaria with LC50 12.4