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Cytostatic activity of Achillea ageratum L
M A Gómez1, M D García, M T Sáenz
1Laboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain.
Phytotherapy Research : PTR
|December 18, 2001
Abstract:
The cytostatic activity of a chloroform extract and two isolated compounds from Achillea ageratum L. (Asteraceae) was determined in vitro against Hep-2 and McCoy cells. The chloroform extract exhibited a high degree of growth inhibition compared with the values obtained with the 6-mercaptopurine (positive control) against both cultures. Stigmasterol and beta-sitosterol, isolated from the chloroform extract, showed a high degree of growth inhibition.