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Anticancer activity of Cynodon dactylon and Oxalis corniculata on Hep2 cell line
Corresponding Author(s) : H Salahuddin
Cellular and Molecular Biology,
Vol. 62 No. 5: Recent advancements in molecular pathogenesis
Abstract
Bioactive chemicals isolated from plants have attracted considerable attention over the years and overwhelmingly increasing laboratory findings are emphasizing on tumor suppressing properties of these natural agents in genetically and chemically induced animal carcinogenesis models. We studied in vitro anticancer activity of organic extracts of Cynodon dactylon and Oxalis corniculata on Hep2 cell line and it was compared with normal human corneal epithelial cells (HCEC) by using MTT assay. Real Time PCR was conducted for p53 and PTEN genes in treated cancer cell line. DNA fragmentation assay was also carried out to note DNA damaging effects of the extracts. The minimally effective concentration of ethanolic extract of Cynodon dactylon and methanolic extract of Oxalis corniculata that was nontoxic to HCEC but toxic to Hep2 was recorded (IC50) at a concentration of 0.042mg/ml (49.48 % cell death) and 0.048mg/ml (47.93% cell death) respectively, which was comparable to the positive control. Our results indicated dose dependent increase in cell death. P53 and PTEN did not show significant increase in treated cell line. Moreover, DNA damaging effects were also not detected in treated cancer cell line. Anticancer activity of these plants on the cancer cell line showed the presence of anticancer components which should be characterized to be used as anticancer therapy.
Keywords
Phytochemicals
Cancer
Apoptosis.
Salahuddin, H., Mansoor, Q., Batool, R., Farooqi, A. A., Mahmood, T., & Ismail, M. (2016). Anticancer activity of Cynodon dactylon and Oxalis corniculata on Hep2 cell line. Cellular and Molecular Biology, 62(5), 60–63. Retrieved from https://cellmolbiol.org/index.php/CMB/article/view/862
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