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Comparative Effect of Stingless Bee Honey and Honey Bee Honey on Cancer
Cell Lines
Asmah Binti Abdul Razak
Supervisor: Dr. Hayati Binti Mohd Yusof
Bachelor of Food Science (Food Service and Nutrition)
School of Food Science and Technology
Cancer is one of the leading cause of mortality worldwide. In Malaysia, breast cancer is
ranking as the number one cancer cases for cervical, as the seventh leading cancer,
followed by liver at the eight place. Several treatment are available, however, with longand
short-term side effect for the cancer patients. Thus, natural sources of anticancer
must be explored. The aim of this study is to compare the anticancer effect of stingless
bee honey and honey bee honey on cell viability and morphology using different cell lines.
This study will seek knowledge on anticancer of stingless bee and honey bee honeys on
three cell lines, namely MCF-7 (breast cellines), HeLa (liver cellines) and HepG2 (cervical
cellines). The cytotoxicity of honey (at different extraction methods) will be done by using
3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay. Stingless bee honey
will be expected to exhibit higher anticancer potential as compared to honey bee honey.
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