Open AccessAnticancer potential of ascorbic acid and inorganic selenium on human breast cancer cell line MCF-7 and colon carcinoma HCT-116
Author(s) -
Magdah Ganash
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_989_17
Subject(s) - ascorbic acid , mcf 7 , selenium , lactate dehydrogenase , cytotoxicity , viability assay , apoptosis , cell culture , chemistry , cell , cancer cell , biochemistry , pharmacology , cancer , medicine , biology , in vitro , human breast , enzyme , food science , organic chemistry , genetics
Till now, cancer is a major health problem and one of the main causes of mortality worldwide. Ascorbic acid and selenium are the two most popular dietary supplements used to prevent cancer proliferative, therefore, the work aims to study the antitumor effect of ascorbic acid and selenium on HCT116 and MCF7 cell lines.