Abstract
The cytotoxic potential of 160 crude extracts from 80 kinds of Korean medicinal herbs was evaluated with cultured human hepatocellular carcinoma cells, Hep3B and HepG2. Aqueous extracts of Caesalpinia sappan, Coptis chinenis, and Lepidium apetalum, and methanol extracts of Angelica gigas, Areca catechu, C. sappan, C. chinensis, Ephedra sinica, L. apetalum, Magnolia obovata, Peucedanum praeruptorum, and Rheum palmatum, were active against Hep3B. Aqueous extracts of C. sappan, C. chinensis, L. apetalum, and P. praeruptorum, and methanol extracts of A. catechu, C. sappan, Cinnamomum cassia, C. chinensis, L. apetalum, M. obovata, P. praeruptorum, and U. pumila, exhibited cytotoxic activity against HepG2.
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