DocumentCode
2432438
Title
Pharmacology evaluation of Litsea garciae (Lauraceae)
Author
Kutoi, Clifford Junaidi ; Yen, Khong Heng ; Seruji, Nurr Maria Ulfa
Author_Institution
School of Chemistry and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University Teknologi MARA, Jalan Meranek, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
fYear
2012
fDate
7-8 April 2012
Firstpage
31
Lastpage
33
Abstract
Litsea graciae is used by local communities as an antidote against snake, centipede and scorpion bite. It is also used to treat muscular pains, sprained ankles and knees, skin disease and blood in stools. The methanolic crude samples of leaves, barks and fruits were tested for cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory. Cytotoxicity against Cervical Cancer (HeLa), Human Breast Cancer (MCF-7) and Human colorectal Cancer (HT-29) cell lines were using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium (MTT) assay and the anti-inflammatory evaluations were conducted based on Lipoxygenase assay, Hyaluronidase assay and Xanthine oxidase assay.
Keywords
Biochemistry; Communities; Compounds; Educational institutions; Humans; Pharmaceuticals; anti-inflammatory; cytotoxic; lauraceae; litsea garciae;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Business Engineering and Industrial Applications Colloquium (BEIAC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-0425-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/BEIAC.2012.6226075
Filename
6226075
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