Cytotoxic activity of extracts from Philippine endemic plants Basella alba, Ipomoea batatas, and Mimosa pudica on human cancer cell lines

• Main Authors: Hinolan, Sean Francis E., Salting, Alexandra J.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: Basellaceae; Sweet potatoes; Sensitive plant; Cancer cells; Cell death; Materia medica—Philippines; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/18689
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study determined the cytotoxicity of methanolic and ethanolic extracts from alugbati (Basella alba), kamote (Ipomoea batatas), and makahiya (Mimosa pudica) plants on cancer cell lines and normal cell lines. The extracts were obtained by macerating fresh weights of the plants with methanol or et...