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Cytotoxic activity of kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) seed extract and oil against human cancer cell lines

Wong YH 1 , Tan WY 1 , Tan CP 2 , Long K 3 , Nyam KL 1

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Applied Sciences, UCSI University, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Food Science and Technology,Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 3 Malaysian Agricultural Research & Development Institute (MARDI) PO Box 12301, 50774 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Asian Pac J Trop Biomed, 2014 May;4(Suppl 1):S510-5.
PMID: 25183141 DOI: 10.12980/APJTB.4.2014C1090

Abstract

To examine the cytotoxic properties of both the kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) seed extract and kenaf seed oil on human cervical cancer, human breast cancer, human colon cancer and human lung cancer cell lines.

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