BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
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  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 3a

Screening of Passiflora foetida extracts as anticancer agents on MCF 7 cell line

  • Author:
  • Vijayalaxmi Sutar, U. P. Bhosale
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 808 to 810

Dept. of PG studies and research in genetics, Walchand College of Arts and Science, Solapur (MS), India

Online published on 12 August, 2013.

Abstract

The cytotoxicity of the ethanol and aqueous extracts of Passiflora foetida was higher. Present investigation is the first report on the potential anticancer activity of P. foetida extracts and its possible mechanism of action on cancer cell proliferation in breast cancer MCF-7 cell lines.

Keywords

Breast cancer, MCF-7 cells, Michigan Cancer foundation, MTT, 3(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide, Passiflora foetida