Anticancer potential and cytotoxic effect of some freshwater cyanobacteria


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Karan T., AYDIN A.

TROPICAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH, vol.17, no.11, pp.2183-2188, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 17 Issue: 11
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.4314/tjpr.v17i11.11
  • Journal Name: TROPICAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.2183-2188
  • Keywords: Freshwater cyanobacteria, Anticancer, Cytotoxicity, Chroococus minutus, Geitlerinema carotinosum, Nostoc linckia, Anabaena oryzae, MARINE CYANOBACTERIA, CELLS, ASSAY
  • Yozgat Bozok University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate the anticancer potential and cytotoxicity of some freshwater cyanobacterial extracts on Human Colon Carcinoma (HT29), Rat Brain Glioma (C6), Human Cervix Carcinoma (HeLa), Human Lung Carcinoma (A549), Human Breast Adenocarcinoma (MCF7), Human Liver Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Hep3B) cancerous cells, African Green Monkey Kidney cells (Vero), and Human Amnion cells (FL).