Phytochemical Study and Evaluation of the Cytotoxic Properties of Methanolic Extract from Baccharis obtusifolia

Table 1

Effect of Baccharis obtusifolia extract on the growth of human cancer cell lines.

Treatment	% of inhibition ± SEM
	Human cancer cell lines
	MCF-7 (breast cancer)	PC3 (prostate cancer)	RKO; (colon cancer)	D-384 (astrocytoma)
Methanolic extract	20.2 ± 0.7	18.3 ± 1.2	89.2 ± 1.3	60.6 ± 0.5
Doxorubicin (1μM)	40.9 ± 7.4	54.8 ± 1.9	89.2 ± 4.0	79.0 ± 4.6

Mean and standard error (SEM) of at least three independent experiments. Control cells were considered to exhibit 100% viability.