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2020, Vol. 1, Issue 1, Part A

Phytochemical investigation, antibacterial and anticancer activities of the extract of Momordica charantia


Author(s): Dr. Vishal Bharat Babar, Prajwala Rajkumar Khapale and Sudarshan Narayan Nagarale

Abstract: Cancer cause sickness and consequently can be viably overwhelmed by a multi-constituently remedial strategy. Herbal extracts shows the example of such stratagem. However, less research have been carried out till date that portray the effect of different extraction techniques on the phyto compounds profile of plant extracts and its effect on anticancer activity. Momordica charantia is a member of the Cucurbitaceae. It is a popular vegetable harvest in Indian customary medicine since olden times. It has potential lipid lowering and antioxidant activity and antidiabetic. In the present study, we have evaluated the anticancer prospective of methanolic and acetone extracts of Momordica charantia (MCME) and (MCAE). Reported results show that (MCME) is rich in bioactive compounds shown anticancer activity with Cell lines of (IC50) with MCF 715.6 ± 1.3 and HeLa 28.2 ± 1. This study based on the presence of cytotoxic from the Momordica charantia, which have been further used in herbal formulations study as an anticancer activity. Our conclusion support additional indepth study of this pharmacologic activity as a malignant tumour agent.

DOI: 10.33545/27072827.2020.v1.i1a.18

Pages: 51-54 | Views: 649 | Downloads: 191

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Dr. Vishal Bharat Babar, Prajwala Rajkumar Khapale, Sudarshan Narayan Nagarale. Phytochemical investigation, antibacterial and anticancer activities of the extract of Momordica charantia. Int J Pharmacognosy Life Sci 2020;1(1):51-54. DOI: 10.33545/27072827.2020.v1.i1a.18
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