Sorbus aucuparia L. Fruit Is a Source of the Drug for Increasing the Efficiency of Tumor Chemotherapy.

The composition of phenolic compounds of rowanberry (Sorbus aucuparia L.) fruit extracts prepared with 40% ethanol and 95% acidified ethanol was studied. The differences in the content of flavonoids, including anthocyanins, and phenolic acids were shown. It was found that the antimetastatic activity of cyclophosphamide was most efficiently increased by the rowanberry fruit extract in 95% acidified ethanol enriched in anthocyanins. The aim of the present research was to investigate the effect of hydroalcoholic extracts of rowanberry fruit on the development of Lewis lung carcinoma and the antitumor activity of cyclophosphamide and to reveal the most effective extract containing a phenolic complex for its further study as a promising drug. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]