Abstract

<p>The root of <em>Calotropis gigantea</em> (thistle) is an Indonesian herb to treat cancer based on empirical and scientific evidences. The study aims to find out the infuence of ethanol extract of <em>Calotropis gigantea</em> root<em> </em>in inhibiting cancer cell growth of <em>Mus musculus</em> fibrosarcoma in vivo and to find out metabolite compound in the <em>Calotropis gigantea</em> root<em> </em>extract. The effect of cancer cell growth inhibition was tested on Mus musculus inducted with 7.12-dimetilbenz (α) antrasena (DMBA) and dose treatment of 50, 100 and 150 mg/Kg body weight. The metabolomic analysis on the root employs UPLC-QToF-MS/MS as a positive ESI ion source, the movement phase of water/acid mixture is 99.9/0.1 [v/v] and acetonitrile/formic acid was 99.9/0.1 [v/v] with gradient elution system and stationary phase of C18. The chromatogram was analyzed using Masslynx<em> </em>4.1. The component identification was based on the m/z ratio measured in <em>Masslynx </em>and m/z counted in chemdraw<em>.</em> The result of the study showed that the <em>Calotropis gigantea</em> root extract with the dose of 50, 100 dan 150 mg/Kg body weight were able to increase the weight of fibrosarcoma mice and have a significant influence on caspase-3 expression with cell apoptosis index 24.3 %; 13.3 % and 12.3 % respectively. The result of metabolomic analysis showed 14 compounds found in the root extract. There are two major compounds: 4-Chlorobenzenethiol with the area 32.51% and N-[1-(Adamantan-1-yl) ethyl]-2-(1-piperidinyl)-4-quinazolinamine with the area 37.20%. They are indicated responsible for the anticancer activity of <em>Calotropis gigantea</em> root<em> </em>extract.</p><p><strong> </strong><strong>Keywords:</strong> <em>Calotropis gigantea</em>, caspase-3,<strong> </strong>fibrosarcoma, metabolomic, UPLC-QToF-MS/MS</p>

Full Text
Published version (Free)

Talk to us

Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have

Schedule a call