Recently, biologically active compounds and extracts isolated from several
plant species used in the traditional herbal medicine of Jordan (like Trigonella
foenum graecum and Salvia triloba) have been evaluated for their cytotoxicity
using the brine shrimp lethality test (BST) and anti-tumor activity using 3 types
of human tumor cancer cell lines (A-549 male lung carcinoma, MCF-7 female
breast cancer and T-29 colon – adenocarcarcinoma) [