title: Evaluation of cytotoxic activities of some medicinal polypore fungi from China.
abstract: The petrol ether, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts of eight medicinal polypore fungi from China were evaluated for cytotoxic activities using MTT-dye assay. All the petrol ether and ethyl acetate extracts exhibited cytotoxicity against human cervix epitheloid carcinoma cell lines (Hela) and human hepatoma cell lines (SMMC-7721). Cytotoxicity activity was also observed in the methanol extracts of Phellinus conchatus and Pycnoporus sanquineus, but the methanol extracts from Cryptoporus volvatus, Fomitopsis pinicola, Fomes hornodermus, Lenzites betulina, Trametes gibbosa and Trametes orientalis showed weak activity when compared with quercetin.
authors.affiliation: Research Center of Siyuan Natural Pharmacy and Bio-toxicity, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: X Y
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: S Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: C X
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000032:analysis*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D011124:Polyporaceae / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic