BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
Web of Science
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 2b

Cytotoxic properties of Alstonia scholaris, murraya Koengii and Musa paradisiaca against human cancer cells

  • Author:
  • V. Sharma, S. Hussain
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 597 to 598

Division of Biochemistry and Plant Physiology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, Faculty of Agriculture, Main Campus Chatha, Jammu-180009, J&K, India

Online published on 6 May, 2013.

Abstract

Methanolic extract derived from the stem and leaves of Alstonia scholaris and from the leaves of Musa paradisiaca L. showed in vitro cytotoxicefficiency against A-549, COLO-205, MCF-7, NCI-H322, THP-1, however, methanolic extract from the leaves of Murraya koengii was found active against COLO-205, MCF-7, NCI-H322, THP-1, U-87M Ghuman cancer cell lines.

Keywords

Alstonia scholaris, Musa paradisiaca, Murraya koengii, in vitro cytotoxic, cancer cells