Research Article | Open Access
Anticancer study of Zinc oxide Nano-particles from leaves of Epipremnum aureum
Yuvaraj R , Vijayakumar R , Prabhu K , Rao M. R. K. , Balaji T K , Kalaivannan J , Vijayalakshmi N , Hridayanka KSN
Pages: 5608-5613
Abstract
Green synthesized nanoparticles of ZNO with leaves of Epipremnum aureum has been tested against PA-1 cell
line (Ovarian Cancer) and the IC50 value was found. The nanoparticles were prepared from leaves of
Epipremnum aureum, commonly called money plant, by standard procedures. The anticancer study was
conducted by MTT assay and the cytotoxic effect was compared with standard Cisplatin. It was observed thatthe
IC50 values for Cisplatin treatment was 2.728 whereas that of ZnO nanoparticles of E. aureum was 16.487.
Thus it is clear that E. aureum does have good cytotoxic effects on PA-1 cancer cell lines. It could give even
better results if the concentrations of treatment in increased towards which studies are on.
Keywords
Epipremnumaureum, Zinc Oxide, Nanoparticles, MTT assay, Cytotoxic, Cisplatin