Editor-in-Chief Hatice Kübra Elçioğlu Vice Editors Levent Kabasakal Esra Tatar Online ISSN 2630-6344 Publisher Marmara University Frequency Bimonthly (Six issues / year) Abbreviation J.Res.Pharm. Former Name Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal
Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal 2018 , Vol 22 , Issue 3
Anticancer, antioxidant properties and phenolic, flavonoid composition of Heracleum platytaenium plant methanolic extracts
Pelin TELKOPARAN AKILLILAR1,Yusuf Bayram TUGLU2,Naznoosh SHOMALI MOGHADDAM3
1Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Yüksek İhtisas University, Ankara, 06520, Turkey
2Faculty of Medicine, Biruni University, Istanbul, Turkey
3Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ankara University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey
DOI : 10.12991/jrp.2018.79 Heracleum platytaenium is an edible herb and strongly aromatic plant that is endemic to Turkey. Although, a number of studies have been conducted on the components and composition of essential oils of the different parts of this species, its antioxidant, antiproliferative and /or cytotoxic proporties have never been explored. The present study aimed to evaluate total phenolic content (TPC), total flavonoid content (TFC), the antioxidant activity and anticancer properties of the methanolic extracts of H. platytaenium. The results showed that the total phenolic and flavonoid contents were found to be higher in the methanolic extracts from the flowers of the plant. The methanolic flower extract of H. platytaenium scavenged about 86% and stem extract of H. platytaenium scavenged about 83% of free DPPH radicals. The best inhibitory profile for GST was observed with the methanolic extract of the plant from flowers. In addition, the methanol extract of H. platytaenium from the stem increased GPx activity with the 1.25 mg/mg plant extract. The maximum dose of the flower and stem extracts of the plant inhibited 10 % and 8% CAT activity. Then, MTT assay was used for the study of the cytotoxic effect of the plant extracts. Both methanolic flower and stem extract of H. platytaenium showed moderate anticancer effect on T47-D cell lines, but no cytotoxic effect was observed on MDA-MB-231 cells. In conclusion, methanolic extracts of H. platytaenium flower and stem showed apparent antioxidant and cytotoxic effects leading the way for their potential use as food additives to help to fight against the growth and spreading of cancerous cells. However, for a definitive conclusion, further studies on other cell lines as well as animal models and subsequent clinical studies are warranted. Keywords : Antioxidant enzymes; breast cancer cell line; cytotoxicity; flavonoids; Heracleum platytaenium; phenolics
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