Anticancer activity of a sub-fraction of dichloromethane extract of <it>Strobilanthes crispus </it>on human breast and prostate cancer cells <it>in vitro</it>

• Main Authors: Navaratnam Visweswaran (Author), Lai Choon (Author), Zainal Abidin Siti Amalina (Author), Nik Mohamed Kamal Nik Nursyazni (Author), Hamzah Nurraihana (Author), Yaacob Nik Soriani (Author), Norazmi Mohd Nor (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The leaves of <it>Strobilanthes crispus </it>(<it>S. crispus</it>) which is native to the regions of Madagascar to the Malay Archipelago, are used in folk medicine for their antidiabetic, diuretic, anticancer...