title: Partial purification of cytotoxic substances from moxa extract.
abstract: The major cytotoxic activity of Moxa was extracted with CH2Cl2 and partially purified by three cycles of silica gel column chromatography. The active fractions showed higher cytotoxicity against six human tumor cell lines (two oral squamous cell carcinoma, one salivary gland tumor, one melanoma, two leukemia) than three normal oral human cells (gingival fibroblast, periodontal ligament fibroblast, pulp cell). All fractions failed to protect the cells from the cytopathic effect induced by HIV infection. ESR spectroscopy showed that all fractions produced little or no radical under alkaline conditions, while showing much lower O2- scavenging activity, generated by hypoxanthine-xanthine oxidase reaction, than antioxidants and polyphenols. Active fractions induced DNA fragmentation in HL-60 cells, but failed to modify the mobility and activity of mitochondrial Mn-containing superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), in contrast to Moxa smoke. These data suggest that the active principles in the Moxa extract might be different from that in Moxa smoke, which produced carbon radical and modified MnSOD mobility and activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Saitama Medical School, Department of Dental Pharmacology, Meikai University School of Dentistry, Saitama, Japan. ikuhatsu@mva.biglobe.ne.jp
authors.forename: Ikusuke
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hatsukari
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hitosugi
authors.forename: Rie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Shinichi
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authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mizukami
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagasaka
authors.forename: Isao
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authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Hirotaka
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authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Hirofumi
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authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: Masaru
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authors.lastname: Niitsu
authors.forename: Masami
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authors.lastname: Kawase
authors.forename: Takaharu
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authors.lastname: Negoro
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authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Hideki
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authors.lastname: Nakashima
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authors.lastname: Sakagami
mesh_terms: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000633:toxicity; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000633:toxicity; D019306:Artemisia / Q000737:chemistry*; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000633:toxicity; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008752:Methylene Chloride / Q000737:chemistry; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity; D028321:Plant Preparations / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000633:toxicity; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism; D013481:Superoxides / Q000737:chemistry; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D000975:Antioxidants; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D010936:Plant Extracts; D028321:Plant Preparations; D013481:Superoxides; D008752:Methylene Chloride; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase