scholarly journals Anticancer Activity of Vernonia amygdalina Del. Extract on WiDr Colon Cancer Cell Line

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramadhan Bestari ◽  
M. Ichwan ◽  
Mustofa ◽  
Denny Satria

Colon cancer is the third most common cancer in men and second in women. Cancer treatments include chemotherapy, but some chemotheraphy drugs are resistant. Vernonia amygdalina Del. is one of the most widely reported plants that can inhibit the growth of various cancer cell lines. This study aims to examine the anticancer activity of Vernonia amygdalina Del. extract on WiDr colon cancer cell line. This research is an experimental research in vitro using posttest-only control group design. Research subjects are WiDr cells. The research method starts from preparation and characterization of simplicia, gradual maceration of Vernonia amygdalina Del. using n-hexane, ethyl acetate, and ethanol, phytochemical analysis of each extract, cytotoxicity assay on WiDr cells using MTT (Microculture Tetrazolium Technique) assay. Ethyl acetate extract of Vernonia amygdalina Del. has the lowest IC50 value in cytotoxicity assay results, indicate that ethyl acetate extract has very strong citotoxic activity on WiDr cells. Further studies are to analyze the mechanisms of ethyl acetate extracts in induce apoptosis, inhibition of cell cycle, and to observe the protein expression associated with it.

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 33-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huda A. Al Doghaither ◽  
Ayat B. Al-Ghafari ◽  
Sawsan A. Rahimulddin ◽  
Shiekhah M. Al Zahrani ◽  
Abdulkader M. Shaikh Omar ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Ajeng Kurniasari Putri ◽  
Safira Chairani Dimarti ◽  
Renni Yuniati ◽  
Neni Susilaningsih

Phycocyanin from Spirulina platensis extract has anticancer activity against various types of cancer cell cultures. However study about its effect on colon cancer cell lines, especially the WiDr, has not been reported before. This study aimed to reveal the anticancer activity of phycocyanin from Spirulina platensis extract on WiDr cells. The research was an in vitro experimental study, with the investigation on cytotoxicity also antiproliferation as the anticancer parameters. Both cytotoxicity and antiproliferation test was conducted through MTT assay to observe the visualization and inhibition of proliferation of different concentrations of phycocyanin in several incubation times on the WiDr colon cancer cell line. The obtained data were then processed statistically with the Two Way ANOVA test at a significance value of p <0.05 and followed with the Post Hoc test since there were significant differences. Based on the results, it could be postulated that phycocyanin extracted from freshwater Spirulina platensis was classified as non-toxic (IC50 of 855 µg/ml). Consequently, it is less potential to be used as the treatment for colon cancer. However, phycocyanin could inhibit the proliferation of the WiDr cell for approximately 47.4%, specifically at the concentration of 1710 µg/ml for 72 hours. It could be concluded that freshwater phycocyanin is less effective as an anticancer substance. The benefit of this study is to provide the new scientific evidence of the contrary results of freshwater phycocyanin activity from Spirulina platensis as an anticancer agent of colon cancer.


2020 ◽  
Vol 582 ◽  
pp. 119320
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hasan Faghfoori ◽  
Hamed Nosrati ◽  
Hamed Rezaeejam ◽  
Jalil Charmi ◽  
Saeed Kaboli ◽  
...  

Oncogene ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 21 (38) ◽  
pp. 5906-5911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigeki Sekine ◽  
Tatsuhiro Shibata ◽  
Michiie Sakamoto ◽  
Setsuo Hirohashi

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jigang Wang ◽  
Jianbin Zhang ◽  
Chong-Jing Zhang ◽  
Yin Kwan Wong ◽  
Teck Kwang Lim ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 1686-1694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Lee ◽  
Uwe Warnken ◽  
Martina Schnölzer ◽  
Johannes Gebert ◽  
Jürgen Kopitz

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