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ArticleSaudi journal of biological sciences2016

Assessment of biological activity and UPLC-MS based chromatographic profiling of ethanolic extract of Ochradenus arabicus.

M Ajmal Ali, M Abul Farah, Fahad M Al-Hemaid, Faisal M Abou-Tarboush, Khaled M Al-Anazi, S M Wabaidur, Z A Alothman, Joongku Lee

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Article in Saudi journal of biological sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

M Ajmal AliDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
M Abul FarahDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Fahad M Al-HemaidDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Faisal M Abou-TarboushDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Khaled M Al-AnaziDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
S M WabaidurAdvanced Materials Research Chair, Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Z A AlothmanAdvanced Materials Research Chair, Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Joongku LeeDepartment of Environment and Forest Resources, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea.
King Saud University · SAChungnam National University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural products from wild and medicinal plants, either in the form of crude extracts or pure compounds provide unlimited opportunities for new drug leads owing to the unmatched availability of chemical diversity. In the present study, the cytotoxic potential of crude ethanolic extract of Ochradenus arabicus was analyzed by MTT cell viability assay in MCF-7 adenocarcinoma breast cancer cells. We further investigated its effect against oxidative stress induced by anticancer drug doxorubicin. In addition, Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (UPLC-MS) based chromatographic profiling of crude extract of O. arabicus was performed. The MTT assay data showed that the extract is moderately toxic to the MCF-7 cells. However, its treatment alone does not induce oxidative stress while doxorubicin increases the level of oxidative stress in MCF-7 cells. Whereas, simultaneous treatment of plant extract and doxorubicin significantly (p < 0.05) decreased the level of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lipid peroxidation while an increase in the reduced glutathione and superoxide dismutase activity was observed in time and dose dependent manner. Hence, our finding confirmed cytotoxic and antioxidant potential of crude extract of O. arabicus in MCF-7 cells. However, further investigations on O. arabicus as a potential chemotherapeutic agent are needed. The analysis of bioactive compounds present in the plant extracts involving the applications of common phytochemical screening assays such as chromatographic techniques is discussed.

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CytotoxicityOchradenus arabicusOxidative stressROSUPLC–MS

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PMID26981004
PMCPMC4778516
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