Cytotoxicity of endophytic fungus Chaetomium cupreum from the plant Mussaenda luteola against breast cancer cell line MCF-7

Gunasekaran Shylaja; Arunachalam Sathiavelu

Gunasekaran Shylaja School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore 632014, Tamilnadu, India. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1556-5541
Arunachalam Sathiavelu School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore 632014, Tamilnadu, India. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9139-8357

Keywords: Breast cancer cell line, Chaetomium cupreum, Cytotoxicity, Endophytic fungus, MCF-7, Mussaenda luteola

DOI: 10.3329/bjp.v12i4.33596

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Cytotoxicity of endophytic fungus Chaetomium cupreum from the plant Mussaenda luteola against breast cancer cell line MCF-7

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