Elephantopus scaber induces cytotoxicity in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells via p53-induced apoptosis.

• Main Authors: Ho, Wan Yong, Yeap, Swee Keong, Ho, Chai Ling, Abdul Rahim, Raha, Abd. Aziz, Suraini, Mohamed Alitheen, Noorjahan Banu
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Academic Journals 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24135/1/Elephantopus%20scaber%20induces%20cytotoxicity%20in%20MCF.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24135/; http://www.academicjournals.org/

Plants have not only been consumed as food but have also been adopted as folk medicine for centuries. Elephantopus scaber Linn, a herb from the Asteraceae family, has traditionally been taken as decoction or tea to cure various ailments and diseases throughout the world. Recent studies had also sugg...