Isolation and cytotoxicity of triterpenes from the roots of Phyllanthus pulcher Wall. ex Müll. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae).

• Main Authors: Bagalkotkar, Gururaj, Tang, Seng Chuan, Khalivulla, Shaik Ibrahim, Hamzah, Ahmad Sazali, Shaari, Khozirah, Lajis, Md. Nordin, Saad, Mohammad Said, Stanslas, Johnson
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Academic Journals 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24538/1/Isolation%20and%20cytotoxicity%20of%20triterpenes%20from%20the%20roots%20of%20Phyllanthus%20pulcher%20Wall.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24538/; http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJPP

The dried powdered roots of Phyllanthus pulcher Wall. ex Müll. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae), were sequentially extracted with dichloromethane (DCM), ethyl acetate (EtOAc) and methanol (MeOH). The extracts were tested for cytotoxic activity against three human cancer cell lines: MCF-7 (breast), NCI-H460 (lun...