07/22/2020 / By Evangelyn Rodriguez
In this study, researchers from Ethiopia and Sweden investigated the toxicity of extracts derived from seven medicinal plants traditionally used to treat breast cancer in Ethiopia. Their findings were published in the Journal of Medicinal Plants Research.
Based on these findings, the researchers concluded that some Ethiopian medicinal plants are great sources of new compounds that can be developed for breast cancer treatment. Among these, V. leopoldi, S. oxyacanthum and C. simensis fractions were found to be highly cytotoxic at low concentrations against breast cancer cells.
Read the full study at this link.
Journal Reference:
Nigatu T, Daniel S, Endalamaw G, Beyene P, Stina O. CYTOTOXICITY OF SELECTED ETHIOPIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS USED IN TRADITIONAL BREAST CANCER TREATMENT AGAINST BREAST-DERIVED CELL LINES. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research. May 2019;13(9):188–198. DOI: 10.5897/jmpr2019.6772
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