Physiology & Pharmacology
Mahmoud Alipour; Farkhondeh Nemati
Volume 26, Issue 1 , March and April 2019, , Pages 145-152
Abstract
In the last few decades, research has been focused on the use of natural products for cancer therapy, such as crude plant extracts or some of different plant secondary metabolits. The objective of this study was to examine the invitro cytotoxic activities of crude ethanolic extract of leaf and flower ...
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In the last few decades, research has been focused on the use of natural products for cancer therapy, such as crude plant extracts or some of different plant secondary metabolits. The objective of this study was to examine the invitro cytotoxic activities of crude ethanolic extract of leaf and flower buds of Crataegus melanocarpa, on human MCF-7 and HeLa cell lines, with different concentrations, by Dye exclusion and Micro culture tetrazolium test (MTT) assay. The optical density (OD) colored solution was quantified at 570 nm wavelengths by an ELISA Reader, after 24, 48 and 72 h incubation. The results showed that ethanolic extracts, after 48h incubation, at in 5 and 10 mg/ml suppressed the proliferation of cancerous MCF-7 cells by significant diffrence with control group (p
Sayedeh Elmira Yazdi-Rouholamini; Nasrin Motamed; Mohammad Tahmasb; Kobra Omidfar
Volume 23, Issue 3 , July and August 2016, , Pages 386-391
Abstract
Background & Objectives: Metastatic cancers, such as breast cancer, are generally resistant to chemotherapy. Therefore many researches try to find new and effective compounds to treat this type of cancer. In this study, we examined the Silibinin toxic effect on tumor growth and proliferation of MCF-7 ...
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Background & Objectives: Metastatic cancers, such as breast cancer, are generally resistant to chemotherapy. Therefore many researches try to find new and effective compounds to treat this type of cancer. In this study, we examined the Silibinin toxic effect on tumor growth and proliferation of MCF-7 cell line. Materials & methods MTT assay was used to assess the inhibitory effect of silibinin on metabolic activity of MCF_7 cells. For this purpose, seeded cells were plated on to 96-well plates and then exposed to varying concentrations of silibinin (0-350 ug/mL) for different time (24, 48 and 72 h). The percentage of metabolic activity was calculated according to the MTT test. In next step, in order to evaluate the effect of silibinin on apoptosis in MCF_7 cells, Caspase 3/7 test was used. Results: Our results indicate that silibinin inhibited metabolic activity of MCF-7cells in a dose-dependent manner and it can induce apoptosis pathway in these cells. Conclusion: The study showed that treatment of MCF-7 cell line with Silibinin can be through induction of apoptosis, inhabitation of the growth and proliferation of cells. Due to the significant inhibitory effect of silibinin on MCF-7 cells, it seems important for researchers to utilize milk thistle in the treatment and prevention of cancer.