Cytotoxic activities of Ganoderma lucidum ethanol extract against HepG2 cell line

  • Kannan Mohan PG and Research Department of Zoology, Sri Vasavi College, Erode, India.
  • Muthusamy Padmanaban PG and Research Department of Zoology, Sri Vasavi College, Erode, India
  • Venkatachalam Uthayakumar PG and Research Department of Zoology, Sri Vasavi College, Erode, India.
  • Ramachandran Chandrasekhar PG and Research Department of Zoology, Sri Vasavi College, Erode, India
  • Thirunavukkarasu Muralisankar Departments of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India.
Keywords: Cytotoxic, Ganoderma lucidum, HepG2 cell line
DOI: 10.3329/bjp.v11i3.27906

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2016-06-17

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