In Vitro Screening for Cytotoxic Activity of Herbal Extracts

Joint Authors

Lombardi, Valter R. M.
Carrera, Iván
Cacabelos, Ramón

Source

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Issue

Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-8, 8 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2017-03-13

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

8

Main Subjects

Medicine

Abstract EN

Experimental studies have shown that a variety of chemopreventive plant components affect tumor initiation, promotion, and progression and the main difference, between botanical medicines and synthetic drugs, resides in the presence of complex metabolite mixtures shown by botanical medicine which in turn exert their action on different levels and via different mechanisms.

In the present study, we performed an in vitro screening of ethanol extracts from commercial plants in order to investigate potential antitumor activity against human tumor cell lines.

Experimental results obtained through a variety of methods and techniques indicated that extracts of I.

verum, G.

glabra, R.

Frangula, and L.

usitatissimum present significant reduction in in vitro tumor cell proliferation, suggesting these extracts as possible chemotherapeutical adjuvants for different cancer treatments.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Lombardi, Valter R. M.& Carrera, Iván& Cacabelos, Ramón. 2017. In Vitro Screening for Cytotoxic Activity of Herbal Extracts. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1153298

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Lombardi, Valter R. M.…[et al.]. In Vitro Screening for Cytotoxic Activity of Herbal Extracts. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1153298

American Medical Association (AMA)

Lombardi, Valter R. M.& Carrera, Iván& Cacabelos, Ramón. In Vitro Screening for Cytotoxic Activity of Herbal Extracts. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1153298

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1153298