EVALUATION OF CYTOTOXICITY, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITY OF NARDOSTACHYS JATAMANSI DC EXTRACT

Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide. Current treatment packages available are unable to control the mortality of cancer. Alternate treatment cum management packages are to be explored in particular from medicinal plants. Jatamansi appears to be one of the prospective herbal single drugs to address inflammation, oxidative stress and may contain cancer cell lines. Study being done to explore efficacy of Jatamansi's cytotoxic, anti-oxidant and Anti- inflammatory activity on malignant cell lines. Key Words: Anti-inflammatory, Anti-Oxidant, Cytotoxic, Malignant Cell Lines, Nitric Oxide