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Ahmed SR, Hamed AR, Ali MI, Sedeek MS, Abelyan N, Al-Sanea MM. Cancer Chemopreventive Potential and Chemical Profiling of Euphorbia abyssinica Endowed with Docking Studies. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:3596-3604. [PMID: 35128266 PMCID: PMC8811758 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c06148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Chemical profiling of both fruit and aerial part extracts of Euphorbia abyssinica via ultra-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS) showed them to be a rich source of diverse compounds. A total of 39 compounds in both extracts including flavonoids and phenolic compounds were identified as predominant metabolites. The antioxidant activity of both extracts was evaluated using three different in vitro assays (DPPH, ABTS, and FRAP assays). The E. abyssinica fruit extract demonstrated more potent activity compared to the aerial part extract (IC50 of 85.1 ± 1.07 and 562.3 ± 1.01 μg/mL, respectively) in the DPPH assay. Furthermore, using ABTS and FRAP assays, the antioxidant capacities of the fruit extract were 1063.03 ± 37.8 and 1476.5 ± 95.6, respectively, calculated as μM Trolox equivalent/mg extract. One of the existing markers for cancer chemoprevention is the induction of phase II detoxifying enzyme NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1), which plays a vital role in cytoprotection against oxidative damage. The extracts were assessed to test their chemopreventive potential via NQO1 enzyme induction. The methanolic extract of fruits demonstrated a concentration-dependent increase in the cancer chemopreventive marker enzyme NQO1 at the protein expression level in a murine hepatoma cell line (Hepa1c1c7). The interaction with Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (KEAP1) is an essential transcription factor that controls the expression of the NQO1 enzyme. The demonstrated induction of NQO1 by the fruit extract is consistent with a molecular docking study of the effect of dereplicated compounds on the KEAP1 target. Among the dereplicated compounds, hesperidin, naringin, and rutin have been established as promising inducer compounds for the chemopreventive marker NQO1. Our results highlight the E. abyssinica fruit extract as a future chemopreventive lead.
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- Shaimaa R. Ahmed
- Department
of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Jouf
University, Sakaka, Aljouf 72341, Saudi Arabia
- Department
of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo
University, Kasr El-Aini Street, Cairo 11562, Egypt
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Tel: 00966532019622
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- Chemistry
of Medicinal Plants Department, National
Research Centre, 33 El-Bohouth Street, Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt
- Biology
Unit, Central Laboratory for Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research
Division, National Research Centre, 33 El-Bohouth Street, Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt
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- Medicinal
and Aromatic Plants Research Department, National Research Centre, 33 El-Bohouth Street, Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt
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- Department
of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo
University, Kasr El-Aini Street, Cairo 11562, Egypt
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- Institute
of Biomedicine and Pharmacy, Russian-Armenian
University, 0051 Yerevan, Armenia
- Foundation
for Armenian Science and Technology, 0033 Yerevan, Armenia
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- Pharmaceutical
Chemistry Department, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka, Aljouf 72341, Saudi Arabia
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Al-Oqail MM, Farshori NN. Antioxidant and Anticancer Efficacies of Anethum graveolens against Human Breast Carcinoma Cells through Oxidative Stress and Caspase Dependency. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 2021:5535570. [PMID: 33997002 PMCID: PMC8112917 DOI: 10.1155/2021/5535570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Anethum graveolens, belonging to the family Apiaceae, has been extensively used for medicinal and therapeutic purposes since long. Plants encompass rich number of effective constituents with less toxicity. Thus, nowadays, the attempts are being made to search plant constituents that can prevent and reverse the chronic diseases, such as cancer. In this study, an in vitro antioxidant and anticancer efficacies of Anethum graveolens (AG-ME) were studied on human breast (MCF-7), lung (A-549), and cervical (HeLa) carcinoma cell lines. The antioxidant efficacies of AG-ME were evaluated by total antioxidant, DPPH radical scavenging, H2O2 scavenging, and ferrous reducing antioxidant assays. Further, the anticancer potential of AG-ME was also determined against different cancer cell lines. The AG-ME exhibited strong antioxidant activities as observed by antioxidant assays. AG-ME also showed a dose-dependent anticancer/cytotoxic potential against MCF-7, A-549, and HeLa cell lines. The AG-ME-induced reduction in GSH and increase in SOD activities indicates the role of oxidative stress in AG-ME-induced MCF-7 cell death. The results also exhibited that AG-ME triggered ROS production and significantly reduced MMP level. Moreover, a dose-dependent increase in caspase-3 and caspase-9 activities suggests that the AG-ME-induced MCF-7 cell death is caspase-dependent. Together, the present study provides reasoning and reassurance for the uses of A. graveleons for medical purposes as an antioxidant and anticancer agent. Additional investigations are required to examine biological and anticancer activities under an in vivo system to discover a possible beneficial use of AG-ME against diseases.
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- Mai M. Al-Oqail
- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 22452, Riyadh 11495, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 22452, Riyadh 11495, Saudi Arabia
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Phenolic Compounds of Aqueous and Methanol Extracts of Hypsizygus tessellatus (brown and white var.) and Flammulina velutipes caps: Antioxidant and Antiproliferative Activities. Pharm Chem J 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11094-020-02174-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Olalere OA, Gan CY. Multi-step reflux extraction of bio-pharmaceutical phenolic bioactives from balsam apple (Momordica balsamina L.). JOURNAL OF TAIBAH UNIVERSITY FOR SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/16583655.2020.1721722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Olusegun Abayomi Olalere
- Analytical Biochemistry Research Center (ABrC), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Gelugor, Penang, Malaysia
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- Analytical Biochemistry Research Center (ABrC), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Gelugor, Penang, Malaysia
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Potent antiproliferative and pro-apoptotic effects of a soluble protein fraction from culinary-medicinal mushroom Lentinus tigrinus on cancer cells. JOURNAL OF FOOD MEASUREMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s11694-019-00222-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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