title: Enhancement of cytotoxic activity of ascorbate by Acer nikoense Maxim. Extracts.
abstract: Millimolar concentrations of ascorbic acid or sodium ascorbate induced cytotoxicity against human glioblastoma T98G cells. Addition of hot water and sodium hydroxide extracts of the bark of Acer nikoense Maxim. synergistically enhanced the cytotoxic activity of ascorbate. Human peripheral blood lymphocytes and polymorphonuclear cells were relatively resistant to ascorbate, the Acer nikoense Maxim. extract, or a combination of them. The extracts stimulated the degradation of ascorbates via ascorbyl radical production, in parallel with their ability to stimulate the cytotoxic activity of ascorbate. The results suggest the medicinal efficacy of the Acer nikoense Maxim. extracts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Pharmacology, Meikai University School of Dentistry, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakagami
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anzai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D005909:Glioblastoma; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000633:toxicity*; D018547:Plant Stems; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D014197:Trees; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts; D001205:Ascorbic Acid