Testing of Kaempferia galanga extracts against cancer cell lines

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Published: Apr 29, 1999

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A.W. Norhanom
Y. Ashril
K. Awang
A. Hamid A. Hadi

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. Extracts of Kaempferia galanga, from the Zingerberaceae family, were screened for anti-tumour promoting and anti-tumour activities. The bioassay involved the inhibition of 12-0-tetradecanoylphorbol­13-acetate induced Epstein-Barr virus early antigen activation in Raji cells. KB cells were used for the anti-tumour screening. Chloroform extracts showed strong anti-tumour promoting activity against Raji cells (ED50 38 .ig mL-1) and anti-tumour activity against KB cells (ED50 7.6 µg mL-1). Petroleum ether extracts were active against the KB cells (ED50 8.2 ug/mL) but the methanol extracts was not active

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Norhanom, A., Ashril, Y., Awang, K., & Hamid A. Hadi, A. (1999). Testing of Kaempferia galanga extracts against cancer cell lines. Malaysian Journal of Science, 18(1), 31–33. Retrieved from http://ijie.um.edu.my/index.php/MJS/article/view/9381
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Vol. 18 No. 1 (1999)
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