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J BUON ; 21(3): 720-5, 2016.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27569095

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: The aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of in vitro anticancer and cytotoxic activity of the methanolic extracts of 14 medicinal plants, 8 of which are endemic species in Anatolia, against the human HeLa cervical cancer cell line and to compare to the normal African green monkey kidney epithelial cell line (Vero) using the MTT colorimetric assay. METHODS: Values for cytotoxicity measured by MTT assay were expressed as the concentration that causes 50% decrease in cell viability (IC50, µg/mL). The degree of selectivity of the compounds can be expressed by its selectivity index (SI) value. High SI value (>2) of a compound gives the selective toxicity against cancer cells (SI = IC50 normal cell/IC50 cancer cell). RESULTS: Dose-dependent studies revealed IC50 of 293 mg/mL and >1000 mg/mL for Cotinus coggygria Scop., IC50 of 265 µg/mL and >1000 mg/mL for Rosa damascena Miller, IC50 of 2 µg/mL and 454 mg/mL for Colchicum sanguicolle K.M. Perss, IC50 of 427 µg/mL and >1000 µg/mL for Centaurea antiochia Boiss. var. praealta (Boiss & Bal) Wagenitz on the HeLa cells and the Vero cells, respectively. Four plants showed significant SI values which were 227 for Colchicum sanguicolle K.M. Perss (endemic species), >3.8 for Rosa damascena Miller, >3.4 for Cotinus coggygria Scop. and >2.3 for Centaurea antiochia Boiss. var. praealta (Boiss & Bal)Wagenitz (endemic species). CONCLUSION: According to our study, 4 methanolic extracts of 14 tested plants exhibit greater activity on the HeLa cell line and little activity on the Vero cell line, meaning that these plants can be evaluated for potential promising anticancer activity.


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Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/pharmacology , Plant Extracts/pharmacology , Animals , Chlorocebus aethiops , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , HeLa Cells , Humans , Vero Cells
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J BUON ; 21(6): 1552-1560, 2016.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28039722

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: Cancer is a long process that leads the organism to death and is associated with the normal cells acquiring the ability to divide permanently. Nowadays, the use of natural products in cancer therapy has a great importance. In addition, working with plants that are endemic to Turkey and determining the biological activities of these plant extracts, is extremely important due to the potential for new drug development. There is no comparative study available in the literature on the antitumor effects of Colchicum sanguicolle, a new found species of the genus Colchicum in Turkey, Crateagus microphylla, of the genus Crateagus and Centaurea antiochia of the genus Centaurea. In this study, we tried to demonstrate the antitumor effect of these plant extracts on HeLa and C 4-1 cells. METHODS: Five different doses (0.001, 0.01, 0.05, 0.25 and 0.5 mg/ml) of the three plant types were prepared and applied for 24, 48 and 72 hrs on the cervical cancer derived cell lines. Subsequently, the growth rate was evaluated with the mitochondrial dehydrogenase enzyme method. RESULTS: Colchicum sanguicolle extracts showed the most effective antitumor activity. For the Colchicum sanguicolle extract, the IC50 dose for HeLa cells was 0.01 mg/ml at 48 hrs, while for the C-4 I cells it was 0.001 mg/ml at 48 hrs. These results showed that C-4 I cells were more sensitive to the Colchicum sanguicolle extracts. Conclus?on: The results of from this study regarding the antitumor effect of plant extracts of endemic varieties of Turkey may have an important place in design and development of anticancer drugs and would make contributions to other studies to be conducted in this area.


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Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/pharmacology , Colchicum/chemistry , Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor , Plant Extracts/pharmacology , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/drug therapy , Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/isolation & purification , Biomarkers, Tumor/metabolism , Cell Proliferation/drug effects , Cell Shape/drug effects , Cell Survival/drug effects , Colchicum/classification , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Female , HeLa Cells , Humans , Inhibitory Concentration 50 , Mitochondrial Proteins/metabolism , Oxidoreductases/metabolism , Phytotherapy , Plant Extracts/isolation & purification , Plants, Medicinal , Time Factors , Turkey , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/enzymology , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/pathology
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