Antitumor Activity Of Extract Research Articles

Antitumor activity of extracts and compounds from the rhizomes of Veratrum dahuricum

The antitumor activity of six extracts (ethanol extract, petroleum ether fraction, CHCl(3) fraction, ethyl acetate fraction, n-butanol fraction and total alkaloids) from the rhizomes of Veratrum dahuricum, and six compounds (veratramine (1), jervine (2), germine (3), veramitaline (4), veratrosine (5) and cyclopamine (6)) from the ethanol extract were investigated in vitro. The 12 samples exhibited cytotoxic activity against human tumor cell lines A549, PANC-1, SW1990 and NCI-H249. Among these samples, CHCl(3) fraction, the total alkaloids, compounds 1 and 6 showed higher inhibitory activity, compound 3 selectively exhibited significant cytotoxicity to SW1990 and NCI-H249.

Antitumor activities of extracts and compounds from the roots ofDaphne tangutica Maxim.

The antitumor activities of the crude extracts of Daphne tangutica Maxim. (Thymelaeaceae) and some compounds were investigated in vivo for the first time. The eight tested samples exhibited inhibition in mice transplanted with sarcoma S180. Of the eight samples, two samples DTE-2 (mixture of daphnodorin E and daphnodorin F) and DTE-3 (syringin) were noted to have the most marked antitumor activity.

Structural characterization and antitumor activity of the extracts from matted mycelium of cultured Grifola frondosa.

The fruit body of Grifola frondosa, an edible mushroom, is used as a food in Japan. However, the matted mycelium of the fruit body is not utilized, In this paper, structural characterization and antitumor activity of the extracts from the matted mycelium of this fungus were examined. Hot water, cold alkali, and hot alkali extracts of the mycelium all contained polysaccharides ; that in the cold alkali extract was composed of glucose, but those in the hot water and hot alkali extracts contained glucose, mannose and/or xylose. Each fraction showed potent antitumor activity against murine solid tumor, Sarcoma-180. The antitumor activities of the alkali extracts were more potent than that of the hot water extract. By means of DEAE-Sephadex chromatography, α-amylase treatment, and SP-Sephadex chromatography, a neutral β-1, 3-glucan was purified from the cold alkali extract. From the results of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, methylation, periodate oxidation, enzymic degradation, and physicochemical characterizations, the purified antitumor glucan was concluded to be a β-1, 3-glucan branched at C-6 of every third main-chain glucosyl unit. The structure is quite similar to that of the antitumor glucan obtained from the fruit body of this fungus. It is concluded that the matted mycelium of G. frondosa may be useful as a source of antitumor β-1, 3-glucan.