Assessment of Cytotoxic Activity of Five Common Philippine Medicinal Plants Using Brine Shrimp Lethality Assay

• Main Authors: Balinado, Lloyd O, Chan, Merab A
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• Subjects: brine shrimp lethality assay; cytotoxicity; median lethal concentration; median lethal time; medicinal plant; Biology; Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Plant Sciences
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/biology-faculty-pubs/103; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1104&context=biology-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

A wide variety of plants in the Philippines are used to address several medical ailments; however, many of which have not yet undergone thorough pharmacological studies. The problem on the possible side effects caused by these medicinal preparations has, therefore, increased the interest in validati...