Brine shrimp lethality bioassay of Fumaria densiflora DC. and Fumaria officinalis L. extract
Articles > Article · 2009
Authors: Tuğçe FAFAL
Hacettepe University Journal of the Faculty of Pharmacy, International Refereed University Journal, International, Scopus, 2009, vol 28, pp 125-132
Summary
<p>The cytotoxic activities of Herba Fumariae officinalis and Herba Fumariae densiflorae prepared from Fumaria officinalis L., growing wildly in Bağsaray Burdur and Fumaria densiflora DC., growing wildly in Kemalpaşa town Ulucak village İzmir , respectively were determined. LC50 value of n-hexane, ethyl acetate, ethanol, methanol and water extracts of the plant materials were determined using brine shrimp Artemia salina lethality bioassay. The n-hexane and ethyl acetate extracts of Fumaria densiflora DC. and the n-hexane extract of F. officinalis L. showed cytotoxic activity against the brine shrimp</p>