Journal of
Medicinal Plants Research

  • Abbreviation: J. Med. Plants Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0875
  • DOI: 10.5897/JMPR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 3830

Table of Content: 17 January, 2018 ; 12(3)

January 2018

Evaluation of essential oils from 22 Guatemalan medicinal plants for in vitro activity against cancer and established cell lines

Plant species which produce essential oils are important in the healthcare of rural Guatemalans. Steam distilled essential oils from 22 medicinal plant species were analyzed for activity against tongue, skin, and stomach cancer cell lines using a neutral red assay, Vero C1008 cells to assess cytotoxicity, and [3H]-thymidine incorporation assay to assess inhibition of cancer cell proliferation. IC50, CC50, and...

Author(s): Andrew Byron Miller, Rex Gordon Cates, Kim O’Neill, Juan Alfonso Fuentes Soria, Luis Vicente Espinoza, Ballantines Fabrizio Alegre, Jose Vicente Martinez and  Dany Raul Arbizu