title: Chemical composition and antiprolifrative activity of Artemisia persica Boiss. and Artemisia turcomanica Gand. essential oils.
abstract: Essential oils obtained from aerial parts of Artemisia persica and Artemisia turcomanica were analyzed by GC/MS. While 28 components representing 91.01 % of A. persica were identified, the identity of 50 components, constituting 81.93 % of the total oil, was confirmed in A. turcomanica. β-thujone was the main compound (75.23%) in A. persica while the major identified phytochemicals in A. turcomanica were 1,8-cineol (19.23%), camphor (15.55%) and filifolone (15.53%). Both of the essential oils were predominantly made up of monoterpenes. Time- and dose-dependent cytotoxic effects of A. persica and A. turcomanica on MCF-7 cell line evaluated by MTT assay at 24, 48 and 72 h, showed that the highest cytotoxic effect of A. persica and A. turcomanica were appeared at 72 h incubation. At that incubation period, CI50 of A. persica was found to be 0.15 μg/ml, while that of A. turcomanica was 0.1 μg/ml. Thus, cytotoxicity of A. turcomanica was slightly higher than A. persica which could be attributed to the higher content of sesquiterpene present in A. turcomanica. As a conclusion, these volatile oils could have chemotherapeutic potentials.
authors: Novel Drug Delivery Research Center, School of Pharmacy, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, I.R. Iran.
authors: M R
authors: MR
authors: Nikbakht
authors: Department of Biotechnology, Research Center for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, I.R. Iran.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Sharifi
authors: Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, I.R. Iran.
authors: S A
authors: SA
authors: Emami
authors: Medical Philosophy and History Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, I.R. Iran.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Khodaie
keywords: Artemisia persica; Artemisia turcomanica; Cytotoxicity; Essential oil; MCF-7
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