Open AccessIn vitrocytotoxic activity ofmenispermaceaeplants againstHeLacell line
Author(s) -
B. Samuel Thavamani,
Molly Mathew,
S. P. Dhanabal
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
ancient science of life/ancient science of life
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-9547
pISSN - 0257-7941
DOI - 10.4103/0257-7941.139040
Subject(s) - menispermaceae , hela , phytochemical , traditional medicine , cytotoxicity , mtt assay , chemistry , medicinal plants , in vitro , cytotoxic t cell , botany , biology , biochemistry , alkaloid , medicine
Menispermaceae, a family of flowering plants, is a medium-sized family of 70 genera totaling 420 extant species, mostly of climbing plants. It has various medicinal properties, which are used in the Ayurvedic system of medicine. Plants belonging to this family are rich in alkaloids, especially bisbenzylisoquinoline type. The hypothesis of this study is that the bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids present in the selected plants may exhibit in vitro cytotoxic property.