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Brine shrimp lethality bioassay of selected Indian medicinal plants
R Padmaja1, P C Arun, D Prashanth
1Bioassay Unit, Research & Development Centre, Natural Remedies Pvt Ltd, Plot No 5B, Veerasandra Indl Area, Hosur Road, Bangalore 561 229, India.
Fitoterapia
|October 19, 2002
Abstract:
Ethanolic extracts of six Indian medicinal plants, piperine, guggulsterone E and guggulsterone Z were tested for cytotoxicity using brine shrimp lethality test. Piper longum showed most potent cytotoxic activity. Piperine, guggulsterone E and guggulsterone Z showed potent activity with LC(50) 2.4, 8.9 and 4.9, respectively.