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Evaluation of the Anti-proliferative Effects of Ophiocoma erinaceus Methanol Extract Against Human Cervical Cancer Cells

Baharara J 1 , Amini E 2 , Namvar F 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Biology, Research Center for Animal Development Applied Biology, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
  • 2 Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
  • 3 Department of Biology, Research Center for Animal Development Applied Biology, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran; Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Avicenna J Med Biotechnol, 2016 Jan-Mar;8(1):29-35.
PMID: 26855733

Abstract

Marine organisms provide appreciable source of novel bioactive compounds with pharmacological potential. There is little information in correlation with anti-cancer activities of brittle star. In the present study, anti-neoplastic efficacy of Ophiocoma erinaceus methanol extract against human cervical cancer cells was investigated.

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