Acalypha wilkesiana extracts induce apoptosis by causing single strand and double strand DNA breaks

• Main Authors: Lim, Su Wen, Ting, Kang Nee, Bradshaw, Tracey Dawn, Allaudin, Zeenathul Nazariah, Wiart, Christophe, Khoo, Teng Jin, Lim, Kuan Hon, Loh, Hwei San
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25405/1/25405.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25405/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037887411100732X?via%3Dihub#!

Ethnopharmacological relevance: The seeds of Acalypha wilkesiana have been used empirically by traditional healers in Southwest Nigeria together with other plants as a powder mixture to treat patients with breast tumours and inflammation. Aim of the study: There is an increasing interest among rese...