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Preliminary evaluation of cytotoxic properties of Raphia hookeri fruit mesocarp
1Department of Biochemistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.
Fitoterapia
|March 23, 2000
Abstract:
The aqueous and n-butanol fractions of the methanolic extract of Raphia hookeri fruit mesocarp was evaluated for cytotoxic properties using three different bioassays. The n-butanol fraction exhibited greater cytotoxicity than the aqueous fraction when tested against brine shrimp, mosquito larvae, and 5-day old tadpoles, the cytotoxicity towards the tadpoles being the most pronounced (LC(50)=0.83 ppm).
