Anticancer Evaluation of Plants from Indonesian Tropical Rain Forests

Jamilah Abbas (Research Centre for Chemistry, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, PUSPIPTEK, Serpong)

Indonesian Journal of Cancer Chemoprevention
Vol 2, No 3 (2011)

The anticancer activities of medicinal plants from Indonesia’s tropical rainforests were investigated against Hela cell line. Maytenfoliol from leaves of Calophyllumtetrapterum 3-epibetulinic acid from stem bark of C. tomentosum Wight and D.A-friedo-oleanan-3-on from stem bark of C. moonii showed anticancer activity. The compound 3-epibetulinic acid showed the more potent anticancer activity than maytenfoliol and D.A-friedo-oleanan-3- with thean IC50 value were 3.17 μg/mL, 4.89 μg/mL and 5.63 μg/mL, respectively.Keywords: Anticancer evaluation, Hela cell line, Calophyllumtetrapterum. C. tomentosum Wight and C. moonii