date:Dec 29, 2012
ancer cells.
For the study, researchers first made preparations of shatavrin IV, the active ingredient found inasparagus isolated from ethyl acetate insoluble fraction of chloroform/methanol extract of asparagusracemosus roots.
The preparations were tested in human breast cancer cell lines, human colon adenocarcinoma cell linesand human kidney carcinoma cell lines to determine their cytotoxicity (in vitro). Researchers also testedthe preparations in mice for its anticancer activity against Ehr