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Research Article

In vitro antioxidant and antitumor activities of six selected plants used in the Traditional Arabic Palestinian herbal medicine

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Pages 1249-1255 | Received 06 Oct 2013, Accepted 18 Jan 2014, Published online: 27 May 2014

Figures & data

Table 1. List of plants screened.

Figure 1. Percent inhibition of selected plants at different concentrations.

Figure 1. Percent inhibition of selected plants at different concentrations.

Figure 2. Free radical scavenging capacities IC50 of ethanolic extracts.

Figure 2. Free radical scavenging capacities IC50 of ethanolic extracts.

Figure 3. Antioxidant activities of ethanolic extracts of the plants (A. palaestinum, U. pilulifera, C. capitatus, M. syriaca, T. creticum, and T. capitatum), and α-tocopherol, as assessed by β-carotene-linoleic acid assay over 120 min.

Figure 3. Antioxidant activities of ethanolic extracts of the plants (A. palaestinum, U. pilulifera, C. capitatus, M. syriaca, T. creticum, and T. capitatum), and α-tocopherol, as assessed by β-carotene-linoleic acid assay over 120 min.

Figure 4. β-Carotene bleaching percentages of plant extracts and tocopherol determined by β-carotene bleaching test.

Figure 4. β-Carotene bleaching percentages of plant extracts and tocopherol determined by β-carotene bleaching test.

Table 2. Total phenolic and flavonoid content and antioxidant activity of ethanolic extracts of selected plants.

Figure 5. Cytotoxic effects of the extracts in the MTT assay on breast cancer cells (MFC-7).

Figure 5. Cytotoxic effects of the extracts in the MTT assay on breast cancer cells (MFC-7).

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