Phenolic compounds and anticancer activity of commercial sugarcane cultivated in Brazil

ABSTRACT The cultivation of sugarcane hybrids (X Saccharum officinarum L.) is an important revenue source for the Brazilian economy. Herein it is reported the evaluation of the cytotoxic activity of mid-polarity sugarcane extracts against human cancer cell lines, as well as the isolation of steroids...

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Main Authors: VANESSA G. ALVES, ALAN G. SOUZA, LUCAS U.R. CHIAVELLI, ANA L.T.G. RUIZ, JOÃO E. CARVALHO, ARMANDO M. POMINI, CLEUZA C. SILVA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2016-01-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652016005014103&lng=en&tlng=en