Cytotoxic effects of Ammi visnaga volatile oil on some cancer cell lines

Authors

  • Zainab y. Mohammed
  • Saad M. Nada
  • Mohammed M. Al-Halbosiy
  • Shaimaa Y. Abdulfattah
  • Bara’a Abdul-Hameed

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24126/jobrc.2014.8.1.288

Keywords:

Cytotoxic, Ammi visnaga, volatile oil, cell lines

Abstract

Ammi visnaga a herbal plant is rich with important active constituents that make the plant to be described in traditional medicine and among them is the volatile oil. The oil extracted by distillation and then study it's cytotoxic effect on two cell line: The human pelvic rhanbdomyosarcoma (RD) and The mouse cell line( L20B) which expresses the genes for human cellular receptor for Polio viruses. Results showed that there were potent toxic effects on both cell lines RD&L20B specially at the concentration (100,50 and 25)µl/ml of the essential oil ,then decreased as the oil concentrations decreased.

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Published

2014-01-01

How to Cite

Mohammed, Z. y. ., Nada, S. M. ., Al-Halbosiy, M. M. ., Abdulfattah, S. Y. ., & Abdul-Hameed, B. . (2014). Cytotoxic effects of Ammi visnaga volatile oil on some cancer cell lines. Journal of Biotechnology Research Center (JOBRC), 8(1), 5–7. https://doi.org/10.24126/jobrc.2014.8.1.288

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2014): Issue 1

Section

Research articles

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