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ArticleAnticancer research2015

Antiproliferative activities of Fagara xanthoxyloides and Pseudocedrela kotschyi against prostate cancer cell lines.

Olakunle O Kassim, Robert L Copeland, Hilaire M Kenguele, Sergei Nekhai, Kwashie A Ako-Nai, Yasmine M Kanaan

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Article in Anticancer research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Olakunle O KassimDepartment of Microbiology, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, U.S.A. kkassim@howard.edu.
Robert L CopelandDepartment of Pharmacology, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Hilaire M KengueleDepartment of Microbiology, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Sergei NekhaiDepartment of Medicine, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Kwashie A Ako-NaiDepartment of Microbiology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Yasmine M KanaanDepartment of Microbiology, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, U.S.A.

Funding

PROTEOMICS CORE FACILITYG12MD007597 · NIMHD · HOWARD UNIVERSITY · PI SOUTHERLAND, WILLIAM M. · 2012 to 2018
$14.8M
Center for Hemoglobin Research in Minorities (CHaRM)P50HL118006 · NHLBI · HOWARD UNIVERSITY · PI NEKHAI, SERGEI · 2013 to 2017
$7.0M
Sickle Cell Disease and Sickle Cell Trait Protection Against HIV-1-infection in Africans and African AmericansR01HL125005 · NHLBI · HOWARD UNIVERSITY · PI MARINA A JEREBTSOVA, SERGEI NEKHAI · 2014 to 2026
$6.7M
NHLBI NIH HHS P50 HL118006NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL125005NIMHD NIH HHS G12 MD007597
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimRoots of Fagara zanthoxyloides and Pseudocedrela kotchyii are used as chewing sticks and as medicinal remedies for diarrhea, cough and fever in West Africa. Extracts of the two plants also possess anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-malarial activities. The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of such extracts on the growth, proliferation and induction of apoptosis in four prostate cancer cell lines. Materials and Methods. Androgen-independent PC3 and DU-145 and androgen-dependent LNCaP and CWR-22 prostate cancer cell lines were cultured for five days with different concentrations of the extracts and examined for growth inhibition and evidence of apoptosis.

resultsIrrespective of their androgen dependence, all four cancer cell lines exhibited a dose-dependent decrease in cell proliferation and viability by the 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay and in induction of apoptosis. The results also show that LNCap cells were the most sensitive to the two extracts, with highest inhibition at day 3 and exhibiting the highest rate of apoptosis. Conclusion. These observations suggest that F. zanthoxyloides and P. kotchyii could serve as potential chemopreventive agents in the treatment of prostate cancer.

Indexed as

ZanthoxylumCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationHumansMalePhytotherapyPlant ExtractsPlant RootsProstatic NeoplasmsPlant ExtractsAntiproliferative actionFagara xanthoxyloidesprostate cancerPseudocedrela kotschyi

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PMID25750297
PMCPMC4669679

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