Cytotoxic effect of chamomile (Matricaria recutita) and marigold (Calendula officinalis) extracts on human melanoma SK-MEL-2 and epidermoid carcinoma KB cells
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The aim of the present study was to evaluate the potential anticancer action of extracts prepared from german chamomile (Matricaria recutita L.)and pot marigold (Calendula officinalis L.) to human melanoma and epidermoid carcinoma cells. Sulforhodamine B assay was used to measure the cytotoxic activity of methanolic extracts from flowers of chamomile and marigold. The cytotoxic activity of extract of chamomile flowers on melanoma cells (IC50 value 40.7 μg/ml) was approximately twofold higher than on epidermoid carcinoma cells (IC50 value 71.4 μg/ml). In the present study, the anticancer action of extracts prepared from german chamomile flowers on human melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer cells (SK-MEL-2 melanoma and KB epidermoid carcinoma cells) is described for the first time. Subjects: Medicine, Dentistry; Nursing & Allied Health; Oncology; Pharmaceutical Medicine
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