Parthenin (a sesquiterpene lactone) is a major constituent of parthenium hysterophorus –a noxious weed known for its environmental and health hazardous properties. . It is responsible for imparting the several properties to this weed such as allelpathy, autotoxicity and allergencity. Further, anticancerous, antiameobic and antimalarial properties of the weed are also credited to parthenin. The ...

Previously, we showed that the crude methanol extracts of Leucas indica flowers exhibited antioxidant properties and in current study, flower L. anticancerous as evidenced cytotoxicity (MTT assay test) against selected cancerous cell lines HeLa, HCT116, HL-60, MCF-7. Therefore, further analysis was performed to isolate purify bioactive compound using activity-guided repeated fractionation extra...