SEM CHARACTERIZATION AND ANTIPROLIFERATIVE EFFECT OF NOVEL SIDDHA NANO FORMULATION NAGARASA PARPAM ON HEP2 CELL LINE
K. Rajamaheswari*, K. Arunachalam, K.Venkateswaran, N. Kabilan and K. Surya kumar
ABSTRACT
Cancer is the leading disease causing mortality worldwide. Nowadays our medical world facing highest challenges regarding the treatment of cancer cases. Though chemotherapy, brachytherapies are available to treat cancer still our current trends are focussing to develop a wonderful drug to treat cancer. Since time immemorial there are some formulations were indicated in siddha literatures to treat cancer. Nagarasa parpam is one of the novel siddha formulation was investigated for its anticancerous effect on Hep2 cell lines using MTT assay. SEM characterization was also carried out for the drug. The MTT assay findings reveals that the drug Nagarasa parpam has antiproliferative effect on Hep2 cell lines. SEM characterization indicates the nano sized nature of the drug Nagarasa parpam. So, we can conclude that the nano formulated siddha drug Nagarasa parpam has promising anticancerous potentials.
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