African Journal of
Pharmacy and Pharmacology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Pharm. Pharmacol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0816
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJPP
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 2288

Full Length Research Paper

Isolation and cytotoxicity of triterpenes from the roots of Phyllanthus pulcher Wall. ex Müll. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae)

Gururaj Bagalkotkar1, Tang Seng Chuan1, Shaik Ibrahim Khalivulla2, Ahmad Sazali Hamzah3, Khozirah Shaari2,4, Nordin Haji Lajis2,4, Mohammad Said Saad5and Johnson Stanslas1,2*
1Pharmacotherapeutics Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. 2Laboratory of Natural Products, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.  3Organic Synthesis Laboratory, Institute of Science , Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah – Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.   4Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 – Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. 5Department of Plant Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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  •  Accepted: 11 January 2011
  •  Published: 28 February 2011