ranunculus alpestris/抗癌藥

To investigate the antitumor activity, brine shrimp lethality assay, antibacterial and antifungal activity of Methanol Extract (ME), Water Extract (WE), Acetone Extract (AE), Chloroform Extract (CE), Methanol-Water Extract (MWE), Methanol-Acetone Extract (MAE), Methanol-Chloroform Extract (MCE) of

The determination of twenty one kinds of constant and trace elements in Chinese herb Ranunculus ternatus thunb was performed by ICP-AES. The results show that K, Fe, Ca, Cr, Mg, Mn, Zn, Co, Cu, Ni, Se and Sr are relatively rich in Ranunculus ternatus and the content of Pb, Cd and As are very low.

Ranunculus ternatus is a traditional Chinese medicine with an anticancer effect, but its underlying mechanism is unknown. In this study, we demonstrated by MTT assay that ethyl acetate extract (RTE) from R. ternatus exerts cytotoxic effects on human T cell lymphoma Jurkat cells. Then,