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Isolation, Characterization, and HPTLC-Quantification of Compounds with Anticancer Potential from Loranthus Acaciae Zucc. SEPARATIONS 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/separations7030043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The cytotoxic effects of the crude extract of Loranthus acaciae Zucc. and its n-hexane, chloroform, and n-butanol fractions were assessed against three cancer cell lines using the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide assay. Cell apoptosis was determined using an annexin V-phycoerythrin/7-aminoactinomycin kit. We observed that the L. acaciae n-hexane extract (LAHE) could inhibit cancer cell growth, particularly of MCF7 and A549 cells. Chromatographic purification of LAHE and nuclear magnetic resonance analysis led to the identification of two compounds from this plant species, namely, betulinic acid and β-sitosterol, for the first time. Flow cytometry study suggested that betulinic acid induced cell death via apoptosis, as a distinguished marked enhancement in the early and late apoptosis of human lung (A549) and breast (MCF-7) cancer cell lines. The isolated compounds were further estimated concurrently in LAHE using a validated high-performance thin-layer chromatographic (HPTLC) method on a 10 × 10 cm2 HPTLC plate with chloroform, methanol, and glacial acetic acid (97:2:1, v/v/v) as the mobile phase and a λmax of 540 nm. The amounts of betulinic acid and β-sitosterol in LAHE were 69.46 and 135.53 µg/mg of dried weight of extract, respectively. The excellent cytotoxic effect of LAHE could be attributed to the presence of ample amounts of betulinic acid.
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Al-Yousef HM, Alhowiriny TA, Siddiqui NA, Alam P, Hassan WHB, Amina M. Quantification of two biomarker compounds by a validated high-performance thin-layer chromatographic method from different extracts of Pluchea dioscoridis growing in Saudi Arabia. JPC-J PLANAR CHROMAT 2019. [DOI: 10.1556/1006.2019.32.3.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Hanan M. Al-Yousef
- Pharmcognosy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, PO Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Pharmcognosy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, PO Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Pharmcognosy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, PO Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Pharmcognosy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, PO Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Pharmcognosy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, PO Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Alam P, Al-Yousef HM, Siddiqui NA, Alhowiriny TA, Alqasoumi SI, Amina M, Hassan WHB, Abdelaziz S, Abdalla RH. Anticancer activity and concurrent analysis of ursolic acid, β-sitosterol and lupeol in three different Hibiscus species (aerial parts) by validated HPTLC method. Saudi Pharm J 2018; 26:1060-1067. [PMID: 30416363 PMCID: PMC6218379 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsps.2018.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2018] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The genus Hibiscus contains about 275 species of flowering plants widely grown in the tropics and sub-tropics. The available literature revealed that several Hibiscus species exhibited excellent anticancer activity against several cancer cells like lung, breast, and liver. This motivated the authors to explore the anticancer property of other Hibiscus species (Hibiscus calyphyllus, H. deflersii and H. micranthus) along with development of a validated HPTLC method for the concurrent analysis of three anticancer biomarkers (ursolic acid, β-sitosterol and lupeol) in different Hibiscus species. The anticancer activity of various fractions (petroleum ether, toluene, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate and n-butanol) of all the Hibiscus species (aerial parts) were evaluated in vitro against HepG2 and MCF-7 cell lines using MTT assay. The HPTLC analysis was carried out using chloroform and methanol as mobile phase (97:3; v/v) on 20 × 10 cm glass-backed silica gel 60F254 plates and analyzed different phytoconstituents present in all fractions at λ = 575 nm wavelength. Of the tested fractions of H. calyphyllus, H. deflersii and H. micranthus, HdP (H. deflersii petroleum ether fraction) exhibited the most potent cytotoxic effect on HepG2 and MCF-7 (IC50: 14.4 and 11.1 μg/mL, respectively) cell lines. Using the developed HPTLC method a compact and intense peak of ursolic acid, β-sitosterol and lupeol were obtained at Rf = 0.22, 0.39 and 0.51, respectively. The LOD/LOQ (ng) for ursolic acid, β-sitosterol and lupeol were found as 42.30/128.20, 13.20/40.01 and 31.57/95.68, respectively in the linearity range 100–1200 ng/spot. The obtained result showed maximum presence of ursolic acid, β-sitosterol and lupeol (5.50, 11.85 and 7.47 μg/mg, respectively) in HdP which also supported its strong anticancer effect. Our data suggest that H. deflersii petroleum ether fraction (HdP) can be further subjected to the isolation of active cytotoxic phytoconstituents and establishment of their mechanism of action. The maiden developed HPTLC method for concurrent analysis of anticancer biomarkers may be further employed in the in process quality control of herbal formulation containing the said biomarkers.
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- Perwez Alam
- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, 44519 Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, 44519 Zagazig, Egypt
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