Mahanine, a carbazole alkaloid occurs in the edible part of Micromelum minutum, Murraya koenigii and related species has been found to induce apoptosis in human myeloid cancer cell (HL-60). Concentration of 10 microM mahanine caused a complete inhibition of cell proliferation and the induction of
1 Mahanine, a naturally occurring carbazole alkaloid in some Asian vegetables, has been shown to exhibit antimutagenicity, antimicrobial activity, cytotoxicity, and other biological properties. 2 In the present study, we investigated the effect of mahanine on the activation of the apoptotic pathway