Cytotoxic activity of methanolic extract of Mentha longifolia and Ocimum basilicum against human breast cancer

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 1744-1750

  Al Ali, Khalil H ^a   El Beshbishy, Hesham A ^a,b   El Badry, Ayman A ^c   Alkhalaf, Moussa ^d  

^a TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Brine shrimp assay; DNA damage; MCF 7 cell line; Mentha longifolia L.; MTT assay; Ocimum basilicum L.

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; METHANOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SOLVENT;

ANIMAL; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BASIL; BREAST TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CHEMISTRY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LD 50; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARTEMIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MCF-7 CELLS; MENTHA; METHANOL; OCIMUM BASILICUM; PHENOLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOLVENTS;

EID: 84877892597     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2013.1744.1750     Document Type: Article

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