Sahar Saleh Alghamdi, Sara Abdulaziz Alghashem, Rizwan Ali, Arwa Alsubait, Rasha Saad Suliman, Afrah E Mohammed, Zeyad Alehaideb, Raghad Abdullah Alshafi, Allulu Yousef Alturki, Ishrat Rahman
Cancer is responsible for approximately 10 million deaths worldwide, with 70% of the deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries; as such safer and more effective anti-cancer drugs are required. Therefore, the potential benefits of Ziziphus nummularia and Ziziphus spina-christi as sources of anti-cancer agents were investigated. Z. nummularia and Z. spina-christi extracts were prepared using chloroform, ethanol, ethyl acetate, and water. The extracts' anti-cancer properties were determined using the MTT Cell Viability Assay in four cancer cell lines: breast (KAIMRC2 and MDA-MB-231), colorectal (HCT8), and liver (HepG2)...
March 26, 2024: Scientific Reports