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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2015

Psoralea glandulosa as a potential source of anticancer agents for melanoma treatment.

Alejandro Madrid, Venera Cardile, César González, Ivan Montenegro, Joan Villena, Silvia Caggia, Adriana Graziano, Alessandra Russo

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Alejandro MadridDepartamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Avda. Leopoldo Carvallo 270, Playa Ancha, 2340000 Valparaíso, Chile. alejandro.madrid@upla.cl.
Venera CardileDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Catania, V. le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy. cardile@unict.it.
César GonzálezDepartamento de Química, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Av. España N° 1680, 2340000 Valparaíso, Chile. cesar.gonzalez@usm.cl.
Ivan MontenegroEscuela de Obstetricia y Puericultura, Facultad de medicina, Universidad de Valparaíso, Blanco N° 1911, 2340000 Valparaíso, Chile. ivan.montenegro@uv.cl.
Joan VillenaCentro de Investigaciones Biomédicas (CIB), Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaíso, Av. Hontaneda N° 2664, 2340000 Valparaíso, Chile. juan.villena@uv.cl.
Silvia CaggiaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Catania, V. le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy. silviacaggia@alice.it.
Adriana GrazianoDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Catania, V. le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy. acegraziano@tiscali.it.
Alessandra RussoDepartment of Drug Sciences, Biochemistry Section, University of Catania, V. le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy. alrusso@unict.it.
University of Catania · ITUniversity of Valparaíso · CLFederico Santa María Technical University · CLUniversidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación · CL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the aim of identifying novel agents with antigrowth and pro-apoptotic activity on melanoma cancer, the present study was undertaken to investigate the biological activity of the resinous exudate of aerial parts from Psoralea glandulosa, and its active components (bakuchiol (1), 3-hydroxy-bakuchiol (2) and 12-hydroxy-iso-bakuchiol (3)) against melanoma cells (A2058). In addition, the effect in cancer cells of bakuchiol acetate (4), a semi-synthetic derivative of bakuchiol, was examined. The results obtained show that the resinous exudate inhibited the growth of cancer cells with IC50 value of 10.5 μg/mL after 48 h of treatment, while, for pure compounds, the most active was the semi-synthetic compound 4. Our data also demonstrate that resin is able to induce apoptotic cell death, which could be related to an overall action of the meroterpenes present. In addition, our data seem to indicate that the apoptosis correlated to the tested products appears, at least in part, to be associated with an increase of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. In summary, our study provides the first evidence that P. glandulosa may be considered a source of useful molecules in the development of analogues with more potent efficacy against melanoma cells.

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Antineoplastic AgentsApoptosisCell Line, TumorHumansMelanomaPhenolsPlant ExtractsPsoraleaReactive Oxygen SpeciesResins, PlantAntineoplastic AgentsbakuchiolPhenolsPlant ExtractsReactive Oxygen SpeciesResins, Plant

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PMID25860949
PMCPMC4425060
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