摘要：Eichhornia crassipes (Mart) Solms commonly known as water hyacinth is native to Brazil. It isone of the most productive plants on earth and is considered the world’s worst aquatic weed which causesserious environmental issues. In the current study the methanol extract of this plant have been tested foranticancer activity. The in-vitro anticancer studies were performed against human cancer cell line (HeLa).MTT assay was used to analyze the cell growth inhibition. The methanol extract of E. crassipes resulted inmild anticancer activity on HeLa cell line.
关键词：Aquatic weed; Eichhornia crassipes; Anticancer; HeLa cell lines; leaf extracts
