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ArticleOpen access Macedonian journal of medical sciences2019

Applying the Taguchi Method to the Optimization of Anticancer Activity of Bacterial Alginate-CuO Bionanocomposite.

Amin Golshah, Mojtaba Taran, Mohsen Safaei, Hamid Reza Mozaffari, Mohammad Moslem Imani, Roohollah Sharifi, Hedaiat Moradpoor, Prabhat Upadhyay

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Amin GolshahDepartment of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Mojtaba TaranDepartment of Nanobiotechnology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.
Mohsen SafaeiOral and Dental Sciences Research Laboratory, School of Dentistry, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Hamid Reza MozaffariDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, School of Dentistry, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Mohammad Moslem ImaniDepartment of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Roohollah SharifiDepartment of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Hedaiat MoradpoorDepartment of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Prabhat UpadhyayDepartment of Pharmacology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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aimIn recent decades, despite various types of cancer inflicting many people worldwide, the existing therapies are not satisfactory and have many side effects. The present study was conducted to optimise the synthesis of novel alginate-CuO nanocomposite with utmost anticancer activity.

methodsIn this study, 9 nanocomposites were designed using Taguchi method and three factors including copper oxide nanoparticles, alginate biopolymer and stirring times were assessed at three different levels. The anticancer activity of the synthesised nanocomposites was evaluated on the MCF-7 cell line using the MTT method. Using the Qulitek-4 software, we determined the optimum conditions for the synthesis of alginate-CuO nanocomposite with the highest anticancer activity.

resultsThe results indicated that all three factors (copper oxide, alginate and stirring time) were effective on the anticancer activity of the alginate-CuO nanocomposite. Also, the nanocomposite produced under the conditions of experiment 9 (8 mg/ml of copper oxide, 2 mg/ml of alginate and 60 min of stirring time) provided the highest growth inhibition rate as 75.63% against cancer cells.

conclusionThe synthesised alginate-copper oxide nanocomposites in this study showed a significant anticancer effect. Therefore, the synthesised nanocomposite under optimal conditions can be used in the design of new anticancer drugs.

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AlginateAnticancerCuO nanoparticlesNanocompositeTaguchi method

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PMCPMC6352462

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