[ study of Thymus vulgaris Cytotoxicity effects on breast cancer cell's line]

ABSTRACT

Background: Breast Cancer is the most common cancer in the Iranian women. Fortunately, it is a type of preventable and discernible cancer. The hydroethanolic extract of the leaves and flowered twigs of Thymu vulgaris contain various ingrediants in which the Thymol and Carvacrol are the most important of them. The effects of this anti-cancer in this extract are attributed significantly to these ingrediants . The objective of this research is to study the comparison of the efficiency of hydroethanolic extract and taxol on 4T1 line cells and their effects rate on the induction of apoptosis in cancer cells.