TY - JOUR T1 - Cytotoxic Activity of Lythrum salicaria L. AU - Khanavi, Mahnaz AU - Moshteh, Mana AU - Manayi, Azadeh AU - Reza Shams Ardekani, Mohamad AU - Vazirian, Mahdi AU - Ajani, Yousef AU - Nasser Ostad, Seyed JO - Research Journal of Biological Sciences VL - 6 IS - 2 SP - 55 EP - 57 PY - 2011 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1815-8846 DO - rjbsci.2011.55.57 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjbsci.2011.55.57 KW - Cytotoxic activity KW -Lythrum salicaria L. KW -MTT assay KW -fraction KW -chloroform KW -cell KW -Iran AB - The aerial parts of Lythrum salicaria L. from Lahijan in Gillan province have been collected in June 2009. Total extract were obtained by MeOH/H2O (80/20) and then partitioned between CHCl3, EtOAc and MeOH. These fractions and total extract have been investigated for in vitro cytotoxic activity against colon carcinoma (HT-29), lukemia (K562), breast ductal carcinoma (T47D) and Swiss mouse embryo fibroblast (NIH 3T3) cell lines by MTT assay (3-(4,5-di methyl thiazol-2-yl)-2,5-di phenyltetrazolium bromide). At each cell line doses of 50, 100, 200, 400 and 800 μg mL-1 in 1% (v/v) DMSO of all samples were tested. Ethyl acetate fraction against proliferation of T47D cell line has been represented high cytotoxic activity (IC50<70). Chloroform fraction and total extract against proliferation of T47D cell line and chloroform fraction toward K562 cell line and total extract against HT-29 cell line have been demonstrated slightly cytotoxic activity (IC50<200). The other fractions have been demonstrated no effective cytotoxic activity. IC50 values confirmed that the growth and proliferation of T47D cells were most affected by ethyl acetate fraction. ER -