Avaliação da atividade antitumoral, e caracterização parcial dos extratos metanólicos da Jodina rhombifolia Hook et Arn

Abstract

The cytotoxic activity of the Jodina rhombifolia raw extracts was tested against to the mammary tumor cell lineage and the specific activity increased, after the fractionation of these in Sephadex LH-20 resin, in which three of the eighteen fractions obtained showed significant inhibition values. The analysis of partial chemical characterization of infrared and gas chromatography showed that the main groups found in organic samples are fatty acids.