| Properties | Information | |
|---|---|---|
| PhytoCAT-ID | PhytoCAT-84 | |
| Phytochemical name or plant extracts | Montanoa guatemalensis essential oil | |
| PMID | 28930215 | |
| Literature evidence | The leaf oils were screened for cytotoxic and antimicrobial activities and did show selective cytotoxic activity on MDA-MB-231 breast tumor cells. | |
| IUPAC name | NA | |
| Phytochemicals’ class or type of plant extracts | Essential oil | |
| Source of phytochemicals or plant Extracts | Montanoa guatemalensis | |
| Geographical availability | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua | |
| Plant parts | Leaves | |
| Other cancers | Breast cancer | |
| Target gene or protein | NA | |
| Gene or Protein evidence | NA | |
| Target pathways | NA | |
| IC50 | NA | |
| Potency | The oils were also screened for in vitro cytotoxic activity against MDA-MB-231 human mammary adenocarcinoma and Hs578T human mammary ductal carcinoma cells. The oils did show selective cytotoxicity to MDA-MB-231 cells over Hs578T cells | |
| Cell line/ mice model | MDA-MB-231, Hs578T | |
| Additional information | The leaf oils of M. guatemalensis were screened for antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, and Escherichia coli, but showed only marginal activity against B. cereus | |
| PubChem ID | NA | |
| Additional PMIDs | NA | |
| Additional sources of information | https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:163999-2 | |
| Safety | NA |