Acalypha wilkesiana extracts induce apoptosis by causing single strand and double strand DNA breaks

Lim SW 1 , Ting KN , Bradshaw TD , Zeenathul NA , Wiart C , Khoo TJ Show all authors , Lim KH , Loh HS

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  • 1 School of Biosciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Malaysia
J Ethnopharmacol, 2011 Nov 18;138(2):616-23.
PMID: 22008878 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.10.005

Abstract

The seeds of Acalypha wilkesiana have been used empirically by traditional healers in Southwest Nigeria together with other plants as a powder mixture to treat patients with breast tumours and inflammation.

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