Cytotoxic properties of some medicinal plant extracts from mazandaran, iran.
BACKGROUND
It was shown that plants derived agents are being used for treatment of cancer. In this study, crude ethanolic extract of Consolida orientalis L., Ferula assa-foetida L., Coronilla varia L., Orobanche orientalis G. Beck were screened in vitro for cytotoxic activity on Hela (Human cervical carcinoma) cell line.


OBJECTIVE
We performed the present study to evaluate the in vitro cytotoxic activity of four plant extracts that we gathered from north of Iran, Mazandaran.


METHODS
Hela cells were treated with various concentrations of individual samples (0.0312, 0.0625, 0.125, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2.5, 5, 7.5 and 10 mg/ml) for 72 hours. Cell proliferation measured by MTT assay.


RESULTS
Result from the performed assay showed that ethanolic extract of Consolida orientalis L., Ferula assa-foetida L., Coronilla varia L. has more significant cytotoxicity effect on Hela cell line than Orobanche orientalis G. Beck.


CONCLUSIONS
Extracts of the Consolida orientalis L., Ferula assa-foetida L., Coronilla varia L. could be considered as potential sources of anticancer compounds but further studies are necessary for isolation and identification of biologically active substances.
Department of Biology, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr, IR Iran.
Farkhondeh
F
Nemati
Department of Biology, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr, IR Iran.
Abbas Ali
AA
Dehpouri
Department of Biology, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr, IR Iran.
Bahman
B
Eslami
Department of Biology, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr, IR Iran.
Vahid
V
Mahdavi
Department of Biology, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr, IR Iran.
Sepideh
S
Mirzanejad
Cytotoxins; Iran; Medicinal Plant