Crab shell extract induces prostate cancer cell line [LNcap] apoptosis and decreases nitric oxide secretion

ABSTRACT

Objective: Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer worldwide. Chemotherapeutic agents have been shown to have adverse side-effects, and natural compounds have been recommended for cancer treatment, nowadays. Crab shell has been shown to have cancer preventative and suppressive effects in vivo and in vitro. The aim of present study was to investigate the effect of crab shell extract on prostate cancer cell line [LNcap] in vitro