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- Title
Cytotoxic Activity of Thirteen Endemic and Rare Plants from Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province in Iran.
- Authors
Emami, Seyed Ahmad; Kheshami, Shima; Ramazani, Elham; Akaberi, Maryam; Iranshahy, Milad; Kazemi, Seyed Mahammad; Tayarani-Najaran, Zahra
- Abstract
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province is one of the most important endemism states of the flora of Iran with a considerable plant species diversity. In the present study, the cytotoxic activity of 13 plant species grown in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari have been evaluated on prostate (PC-3), breast (MCF-7), liver (HepG2), ovary (CHO), and melanoma (B16-F10) cancer cell lines. The cytotoxicity and apoptotic activity of methanol extracts was evaluated using resazurin reagent and flow cytometry of PI stained cells, respectively. Methanol extracts of Dionysia sawyeri, Stachys obtusicrena and Cicer oxyodon on CHO cell line (p <0.05) and D. sawyer and Linum album on B16/F10 cell line (p <0.05) showed significant cytotoxic effects and increased apoptosis. It is generally suggested that the plant extracts with low IC50 values are likely to be used as anti-cancer compounds in reducing cancer progression in scientific studies.
- Subjects
IRAN; RARE plants; ENDEMIC plants; LIVER cells; PLANT species diversity; PLANT capacity; CHO cell; CELL lines; CHEMICAL plants
- Publication
Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 2019, Vol 18, Issue 4, p1912
- ISSN
1735-0328
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.22037/ijpr.2019.14665.12599