Table 5 |
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Alkylating activities of the six plant extracts and melphalan |
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Sample |
Absorbance (λmax = 600 nm) |
Alkylation activities |
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Melphalan |
2.768 |
Absorbance > 0.50 (very high alkylating activities) |
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G. daltonii |
0.745 |
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A. villosum var xanthioides |
0.464 |
0.15 ≥ Absorbance ≥ 0.50 (high alkylating activities) |
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C. orientalis |
0.387 |
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P. kesiya |
0.273 |
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C. speciosum |
0.176 |
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A. tatarinowii |
0.135 |
Absorbance < 0.15 (low alkylating activities) |
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Machana et al. Chinese Medicine 2011 6:39 doi:10.1186/1749-8546-6-39 |
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