The Cytotoxic Effect of the Extract of Anchusa strigosa (Him Him) Grown in Jordan Against Different Cancer Cell Lines

Anchusa strigosa - prickly alkanet from Boraginaceae grows in roadsides, and fields of a broad range habitats mediterranean woodlands, to steppe vegetation, true desert. It is commonly known as" him him" or "lisan al thawr". can withstand hard weather conditions hence widely cultivated. The color its flowers pure white deep cobalt blue. Various parts A. are used traditional medicine for treating several diseases symptoms, such as abdominal pain, bronchitis, cough, diarrhea. goal this study was examine the cytotoxic effect crude extract roots leaves their fractions against various tumor cell lines: adenocarcinoma MCF-7, human breast ductal carcinoma T-47D; MDA-MB-231; colorectal carcinomas Caco-2. In conclusion antiproliferative assessed by SRB assay where it showed that phytochemical constituents leaf part plant (A. strigosa) do have more potential depressing proliferation rate lines than root part.