Chemical constituents and in vitro anticancer activity of Typhonium flagelliforme (Araceae)

Lai CS 1 , Mas RH , Nair NK , Mansor SM , Navaratnam V

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  • 1 Centre for Drug Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia
J Ethnopharmacol, 2010 Feb 3;127(2):486-94.
PMID: 19833183 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.10.009

Abstract

Typhonium flagelliforme is an indigenous plant of Malaysia and is used by the local communities to treat cancer. This study aims to identify the chemical constituents of Typhonium flagelliforme particularly those which have antiproliferative properties towards human cancer cell lines.

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