New anticancer drugs from naturally derived products : a study on growth inhibition of leukemic cells using design of experiments approach.

• Main Author: Cheong, Kenneth Theng Wan.
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering::Biotechnology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39894
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Natural plant extracts have exhibited anticancer properties in research over the years, but drug screening is often tedious and slow. With the use of the classical one-factor-at-a-time (OFAT) method, a huge amount of resources is required when many drugs are involved. Understanding drug interactive...