Open AccessCytotoxic activity of Macrosolen parasiticus (L.) Danser on the growth of breast cancer cell line (MCF-7)
Author(s) -
Vijay Sodde,
Richard Lobo,
Nishikant Kumar,
Rajalekshmi Maheshwari,
CS Shreedhara
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
pharmacognosy magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-4062
pISSN - 0973-1296
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1296.157719
Subject(s) - cytotoxicity , mtt assay , mcf 7 , traditional medicine , acridine orange , sulforhodamine b , cytotoxic t cell , bioassay , ic50 , chemistry , biology , cancer cell , in vitro , medicine , biochemistry , cancer , apoptosis , human breast , genetics
Macrosolen parasiticus (L.) Danser belonging to Loranthaceaea (mistletoe family) is a parasitic plant that grows on different host plants such as mango, jack fruit, peepal, neem tree, etc., This study was aimed to investigate the anti-cancer activity of methanolic and aqueous extract of stem of M. parasiticus.