| Literature DB >> 7656222 |
A Murakami1, S Jiwajinda, K Koshimizu, H Ohigashi.
Abstract
A total of 112 species of edible plants (122 samples) from Thailand were randomly collected, and their methanol extracts were screened for in vitro anti-tumor promoting activity using the inhibition test of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) activation in Raji cells induced by 12-O-hexadecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (HPA, 40 ng/ml). It was found that 60% of these extracts inhibited EBV activation by 30% or more at a concentration of 200 mg/ml. Significantly, the ratio is markedly higher than that (26%) previously observed in common edible plants in Japan. Thus, physiological potentiality of edible Thai plants has been implied in terms of cancer chemoprevention.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7656222 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(95)03879-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Lett ISSN: 0304-3835 Impact factor: 8.679