In-vitro cytotoxicity study of methanolic fraction from Ajuga Bracteosa wall ex. benth on MCF-7 breast adenocarcinoma and hep-2 larynx carcinoma cell lines

Pharmacognosy Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-91

  Pal, Akiriti ^a   Toppo, Fedelic Ashish ^a   Chaurasiya, Pradeep K ^a   Singour, Pradeep K ^a   Pawar, Rajesh S ^a  

^a Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry Laboratory   (India)

Author keywords

Ajuga bracteosa; cytotoxicity studies; Hep 2; MCF 7; MTT assay

Indexed keywords

AJUGA BRACTEOSA EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; METHANOL; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; SITOSTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AJUGA; AJUGA BRACTEOSA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; FEMALE; HEP 2 CELL; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 84891847863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.122923     Document Type: Article

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