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http://dx.doi.org/10.3839/jabc.2009.031

Antiproliferative Effect of Extracts, Fractions and Compound from Vitex rotundifolia on Human Cancer Cells  

Kim, You-Ah (Division of Marine Environment & Bioscience, Korea Maritime University)
Lee, Jung-Im (Division of Marine Environment & Bioscience, Korea Maritime University)
Kim, Hae-Jin (Division of Marine Environment & Bioscience, Korea Maritime University)
Kong, Chang-Suk (Marine Bioprocess Research Center, Pukyong National University)
Nam, Taek-Jeong (Faculty of Food Science & Biotechnology, Pukyong National University)
Seo, Young-Wan (Division of Marine Environment & Bioscience, Korea Maritime University)
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Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry / v.52, no.4, 2009 , pp. 180-186 More about this Journal
Abstract
Whole plants of Vitex rotundifolia were extracted for 2 days with methylene chloride ($CH_2Cl_2$) followed by extraction of the residue for an additional 2 days. The same procedure was also applied using methanol (MeOH). The two crude extracts were combined and partitioned between $CH_2Cl_2$ and $H_2O$. The organic layer was further partitioned between n-hexane and 85% aq. MeOH, and the aqueous layer was also further fractionated with n-BuOH and $H_2O$, successively. From the 85% aq. MeOH fraction, one compound was isolated through the repeated HPLC. According to the results of physicochemical data including NMR and MS, the chemical structure of the compound was determined as artemetin (1). The antiproliferative effects of the crude extracts, fractions, and compound against HT1080, AGS, MCF-7 and HT-29 human cancer cells were compared with the control by using MTT assay. In the comparative analysis, the 85% aq. MeOH fraction exhibited the strongest antiproliferative effects on human cancer cell lines in a dose-dependent manner (p<0.05). In addition, exposure of compound 1 isolated from 85% aq. MeOH fraction led to strong antiproliferative effect in HT1080 cancer cell lines. These results suggest that the extracts and compound isolated from V. rotundifolia may be used as potential chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic agents.
Keywords
anticancer; artemetin; human cancer cells; Vitex rotundifolia;
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