Acta Pharmaceutica Sciencia, cilt.60, sa.2, ss.125-129, 2022 (Scopus)
Cytotoxic activities of the fruit extracts of Heptaptera anatolica (Boiss.) Tutin were investigated on the colon cancer COLO205 and KM12 cell lines. The dichlorometh-ane extract of the fruits of H. anatolica showed the best cytotoxic activities with IC50 values of 17.9 and 15.1 ug/mL on the COLO205 and KM12 cell lines, respectively. Whereas, the ethyl acetate extract of the fruits showed moderate cytotoxic activity with IC50 values of 23.4 ug/mL against the KM12 cell lines.