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CYTOTOXIC ACTIVITY OF CHLOROFORMIC EXTRACTS OF Xylocarpus mekongenesis (Lamk.) M. Roem. and Cerbera manghas (Pages : 29 - 34)

Xylocarpus mekongenesis and Cerbera manghas, two widely distributed woody plants of the Sundarbans are reported to possess the valuable sources of several phytochemicals and have been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of a number of diseases. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the cytotoxic potential of the chloroformic stem and leaf extracts of these two plants. The chloroformic stem extract of X. mekongenesis showed the highest 50% mortality of lethal concentration (LC50) which was 7.29?g/ml. The LC50 values obtained chloroformic extracts of X. mekongensis leaf and C. manghas stem were 13.04 ?g/ml and 13.33 ?g/ml, respectively. The preliminary results suggested that these two woody plants possessed potential cytotoxic compounds with a promise for further investigation.Download