Journal of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems
Open Access

Cytotoxic activity of some Libyan medicinal plants against human breast cell lines MCF-7 and colon cell lines HCT-116 in vitro

European Pharma Congress

August 25-27, 2015 Valencia, Spain

A A Aljaiyash1, A Chaouch1 and M Gonaid2

1Ibn Tofail University, Morocco 2Omar Al-Mukhtar University, Libya

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Pharma Care Health Sys

Abstract :

Breast cell carcinoma is a serious public health issue in Libya with increasing incidence and mortality rates. The present study aimed to investigate the cytotoxic activities of crude ethanol extracts of a total of 4 plants used in Libyan folklore medicine against breast and colon carcinoma. Cytotoxic activities of the plant extracts against the cancerous cell lines compared with normal cell line were assessed using Sulfo-rhodamine-B assay method. The extracts from four plant species (Capparis spinosa, Juniperus phoenicea, Ruta graveolens and Artimisia herba alba) which are growing in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar in Libya exhibited promising activity against breast cell lines MCF-7 and colon cell lines HCT-116 in vitro.

Biography :

Email: aaljaiyash@yahoo.com