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ArticleBMC complementary and alternative medicine2018

Phenolics from Barleria cristata var. Alba as carcinogenesis blockers against menadione cytotoxicity through induction and protection of quinone reductase.

Ali M El-Halawany, Hossam M Abdallah, Ahmed R Hamed, Hany Ezzat Khalil, Ameen M Almohammadi

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Article in BMC complementary and alternative medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ali M El-HalawanyDepartment of Natural Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Hossam M AbdallahDepartment of Natural Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia. hmafifi2013@gmail.com.
Ahmed R HamedPhytochemistry Department and Biology Unit lab 610, Central Laboratory for the Pharmaceutical and Dug Industries Research Division, National Research Centre, Giza, Dokki, 12622, Egypt.
Hany Ezzat KhalilDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, 61519, Egypt.
Ameen M AlmohammadiDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia.
King Abdulaziz University · SAKing Faisal University · SANational Research Centre · EG

Funding

This work was funded by the Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 166-929-D1435
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere are increasing interests in natural compounds for cancer chemoprevention. Blocking agents represent an important class of chemopreventive compounds. They prevent carcinogens from undergoing metabolic activation and thereby suppressing their interaction with cellular macromolecular targets.

methodsThe effect of phenolic compounds isolated from Barleria cristata var. alba as chemopreventive agent was evaluated. The ethyl acetate fraction of B. cristata was subjected to different chromatographic techniques for isolation of its major phenolic compounds. The isolated compounds were evaluated for their potential to induce the cancer chemopreventive enzyme marker NAD(P)H quinonereductase 1 (NQO1) in murine Hepa-1c1c7 cell model.

resultsThe ethyl acetate fraction of B. cristata var. alba yielded five known compounds identified as verbascoside (1), isoverbascoside (2), dimethoxyverbascoside (3), p-hydroxy benzoic acid (4), and apigenin-7-O-glucoside (5). Among the tested compounds, isoverbascoside (2) was shown to potently induce the activity of the enzyme in a dose -dependent manner. As a functional assay for detoxification, compound 2 was the strongest to protect Hepa-1c1c7 against the toxicity of menadione, a quinone substrate for NQO1.

conclusionThis effect seemed to be attributed to the compound's potential to induce both the catalytic activity and protein expression of NQO1 as revealed by enzyme assay and Western blotting, respectively.

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AcanthaceaeNAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone)AnimalsAnticarcinogenic AgentsCell Line, TumorMicePhenolsPlant ExtractsAnticarcinogenic AgentsNAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone)PhenolsPlant ExtractsChemopreventionMenadionePhenolic compoundsQuinonereductase 1

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