Razieh Yazdanparast

[ 1 ] - Anti-tumor Activity and Cell Cycle Arrest of a New Diterpene Ester from Daphne mucronata Using K562 Cells

In our search for new anticancer medicinal plants, the antiproliferative activity of the methanol extract of Daphne mucronata (Thymelaeaceae) was evaluated using human myelogenous leukemia K562 cells. The cells responded to plant treatments in a dose dependent manner and the IC50 of the crude extract (equivalent to 1 g of plant leaves powder per ml) and the purified active component were found ...