title: In vitro antiproliferative effects on human tumor cell lines of extracts from the Bangladeshi medicinal plant Aegle marmelos Correa.
abstract: In the present paper we show that extracts from Aegle marmelos Correa are able to inhibit the in vitro proliferation of human tumor cell lines, including the leukemic K562, T-lymphoid Jurkat, B-lymphoid Raji, erythroleukemic HEL, melanoma Colo38, and breast cancer MCF7 and MDA-MB-231 cell lines. Molecules present within the studied Aegle marmelos C. extracts were identified by gas-chromatography/mass-spectrometry analysis; three derivatives (butyl p-tolyl sulfide, 6-methyl-4-chromanone and butylated hydroxyanisole) were found to exhibit strong activity in inhibiting in vitro cell growth of human K562 cells. The antiproliferative activity of these compounds was found to be comparable to that of known antitumor agents, including cisplatin, chromomycin, cytosine arabinoside and 5-fluorouracil. In addition, the antiproliferative activity of butyl-p-tolyl sulfide, 6-methyl-4-chromanone and 5-methoxypsolaren was associated to activation of the differentiation pattern of K562 cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lampronti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martello
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Borgatti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lambertini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Piva
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jabbar
authors.forename: M Shahabuddin Kabir
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Choudhuri
authors.forename: M Tareq Hassan
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gambari
mesh_terms: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D020128:Inhibitory Concentration 50; D008517:Phytotherapy; D024301:Plant Bark; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D027821:Rutaceae; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D010936:Plant Extracts