Describing a novel chemotherapeutic drug formulated by Diosmin for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and diabetes mellitus

IntroductionDiosmin is a natural citrus flavone with remarkable antioxidant and anti-inflammatory features. Acute leukemia is a common type of cancer that is caused in the blood.Material and methodsAlpha amylase activity was determined by a method adapted from the work of Taha et al.ResultsIn this study, we examined its effect on some important enzymes, the IC50 values were 196.07 for Aldose reductase, and 76.40 for alpha amylase. The molecular docking study was performed to assess the binding affinity and biological activities of diosmin in the presence of alpha amylase and aldose reductase. The results of the docking study indicated that diosmin has a remarkable binding affinity to these enzymes with a docking score of -9.768 and -140469 for alpha-amylase and aldose reductase, respectively. Therefore, this compound could be used as a potential inhibitor for these enzymes. In the cellular and molecular part of the recent study, the treated cells with Diosmin were assessed by MTT assay for 48h about the cytotoxicity and anti-human acute lymphoblastic leukemia properties on HL-60, Clone 15 HL-60, HL-60/MX1, and HL-60/MX2 cell lines. The IC50 of Diosmin were 466, 323, 502, and 537 µg/mL against HL-60, Clone 15 HL-60, HL-60/MX1, and HL-60/MX2 cell lines, respectively.ConclusionsThe viability of acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell lines reduced dose-dependently in the presence of Diosmin. It appears that the anti-human acute lymphoblastic leukemia effect of Diosmin is due to their antioxidant effects.