Ethanolic extract of Nymphaea lotus L. (Nymphaeaceae) leaves exhibits in vitro antioxidant, in vivo anti-inflammatory and cytotoxic activities on Jurkat and MCF-7 cancer cell lines.

Benoit Banga N'GuessanAdwoa Dede AsiamahNana Kwame ArthurSamuel Frimpong-MansoPatrick AmoatengSeth Kwabena AmponsahKennedy Edem KukuiaJoseph Adusei SarkodieKwabena Frimpong-Manso OpuniIsaac Julius Asiedu-GyekyeRegina Appiah-Opong

Published in: BMC complementary medicine and therapies (2021)

N. lotus leaves extract exhibited high antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and cancer-cell-specific cytotoxic properties. These aforementioned activities could be attributed to its phenolic, flavonoid and elemental constituents.

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