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A Study of Phytochemistry, Genoprotective Activity, and Antitumor Effects of Extracts of the Selected Lamiaceae Species
- Source :
- Plants, Volume 10, Issue 11, Plants, Vol 10, Iss 2306, p 2306 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021.
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Abstract
- This study was designed to evaluate the genoprotective, antigenotoxic, as well as antitumor potential of methanolic, ethanolic, and aqueous extracts of Melissa officinalis, Mentha × piperita, Ocimum basilicum, Rosmarinus officinalis, Salvia officinalis, and Satureja montana (Lamiaceae), in different model systems. The polyphenols in these extracts were quantified both spectrophotometrically and using HPLC-DAD technique, while DPPH assay was used to assess the antioxidant activity. The genoprotective potential was tested on pUC19 Escherichia coli XL1-blue, and the antigenotoxicity on Salmonella typhimurium TA1535/pSK1002 and human lung fibroblasts, while the antitumor activity was assessed on colorectal cancer cells. Rosmarinic acid, quercetin, rutin, and luteolin-7-O-glucoside were among the identified compounds. Methanolic extracts had the best DPPH-scavenging and SOS-inducing activities, while ethanolic extracts exhibited the highest antigenotoxicity. Additionally, all extracts exhibited genoprotective potential on plasmid DNA. The antitumor effect was mediated by modulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), nitric oxide (NO) production, and exhibition of genotoxic effects on tumor cells, especially with O. basilicum ethanolic extract. Generally, the investigated extracts were able to provide antioxidant protection for the acellular, prokaryotic, and normal human DNA, while also modulating the production of ROS and NO in tumor cells, leading to genotoxicity toward these cells and their decrease in proliferation.
- Subjects :
- food.ingredient
DPPH
antigenotoxicity
antioxidant activity
Plant Science
phenolic compounds
medicine.disease_cause
Satureja
Article
Rosmarinus
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
0302 clinical medicine
food
medicine
antitumor activity
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
genoprotective effect
030304 developmental biology
0303 health sciences
Lamiaceae
Ecology
Traditional medicine
biology
Rosmarinic acid
Salvia officinalis
Basilicum
Botany
biology.organism_classification
food.food
3. Good health
chemistry
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
QK1-989
Melissa officinalis
Genotoxicity
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22237747
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Plants
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8d1d5a0cd360986e8a2be32cc57bb744
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10112306