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ArticleJournal of intercultural ethnopharmacology

Guaiazulene biochemical activity and cytotoxic and genotoxic effects on rat neuron and N2a neuroblastom cells.

Basak Togar, Hasan Turkez, Ahmet Hacimuftuoglu, Abdulgani Tatar, Fatime Geyikoglu

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Article in Journal of intercultural ethnopharmacology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Basak TogarDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
Hasan TurkezDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Sciences, Erzurum Technical University, Erzurum, Turkey.
Ahmet HacimuftuogluDepartment of Medical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
Abdulgani TatarDepartment of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
Fatime GeyikogluDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
Atatürk University · TRErzurum Technical University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimNeuroblastoma (NB)cells are often used in cancer researches such as glioblastoma cells since they have the potential of high mitotic activity, nuclear pleomorphism, and tumor necrosis. Guaiazulene (GYZ 1,4-dimethyl-7-isopropylazulene)is present in several essential oils of medicinal and aromatic plants. Many studies have reported the cytotoxic effect of GYZ; however, there are no studies that compare such effects between cancer cell lines and normal human cells after treatment with GYZ. MATERIALS AND

methodsIn this study, we aimed to describe in vitro antiproliferative and/or cytotoxic properties (by 3-[4,5 dimetylthiazol -2-yl]-2,5 diphenlytetrazolium bromide [MTT] test), oxidative effects (by total antioxidant capacity [TAC] and total oxidative stress [TOS] analysis)and genotoxic damage potentials (by single cell gel electrophoresis)of GYZ.

resultThe results indicated that GYZ have anti-proliferative activity suppressing the proliferation of neuron and N2a-NB cells at high doses. In addition, GYZ treatments at higher doses led to decreases of TAC levels and increases of TOS levels in neuron and N2a-NB cells. On the other hand, the mean values of the total scores of cells showing DNA damage were not found different from the control values.

conclusionFrom this study, it is observed that GYZ has in vitro cytotoxic activity against neuron and N2a-NB cells.

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3-(4,5 dimetylthiazol -2-yl)-2,5 diphenlytetrazolium bromide assayCytotoxicitygenotoxicityguaiazuleneneuroblastomasingle cell gel electrophoresis assay

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