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ArticleActa cirurgica brasileira2024

Ocimum basilicum L. (basil) presents pro-apoptotic activity in an Ehrlich's experimental tumor murine model.

Phelipe Gabriel Dos Santos Sant'Ana, William Gustavo Lima, Gabriela Francine Martins Lopes, Sabrina Elisa de Oliveira, Guilherme Augusto Ferreira da Costa, Luciana Alves Rodrigues Dos Santos Lima, Elisângela Elduina Ferreira, Ivan Carlos Dos Santos, Laila Cristina Moreira Damázio, Rosy Iara Maciel Azambuja Ribeiro and 1 more

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Article in Acta cirurgica brasileira, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacological Activities ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Phelipe Gabriel Dos Santos Sant'AnaUniversidade Federal de São João del-Rei - Departamento de Medicina - Laboratório de Patologia Experimental - Divinópolis (MG) - Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-4997-954X
William Gustavo LimaUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Faculdade de Farmácia - Belo Horizonte (MG) - Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8946-9363
Gabriela Francine Martins LopesUniversidade Federal de São João del-Rei - Departamento de Medicina - Laboratório de Patologia Experimental - Divinópolis (MG) - Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7428-6003
Sabrina Elisa de OliveiraUniversidade Federal de São João del-Rei - Departamento de Ciências Naturais - Laboratório de Patologia Experimental - São João del-Rei (MG) - Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-3019-4040
Guilherme Augusto Ferreira da CostaUniversidade Federal de São João del-Rei - Departamento de Farmácia - Laboratório de Fitoquímica - Divinópolis (MG) - Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-2959-6067
Luciana Alves Rodrigues Dos Santos LimaUniversidade Federal de São João del-Rei - Departamento de Farmácia - Laboratório de Fitoquímica - Divinópolis (MG) - Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4130-0304
Elisângela Elduina FerreiraUniversidade Federal de São João del-Rei - Departamento de Ciências Naturais - Laboratório de Patologia Experimental - São João del-Rei (MG) - Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1714-1275
Ivan Carlos Dos SantosUniversidade Federal de São João del-Rei - Departamento de Engenharia de Biossistemas - Laboratório de Biomoléculas e Biofármacos - São João del-Rei (MG) - Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8770-0445
Laila Cristina Moreira DamázioUniversidade Federal de São João del-Rei - Departamento de Medicina - Laboratório de Reabilitação - São João del-Rei (MG) - Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7370-8892
Rosy Iara Maciel Azambuja RibeiroUniversidade Federal de São João del-Rei - Departamento de Medicina - Laboratório de Patologia Experimental - Divinópolis (MG) - Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7374-4743
Flávia Carmo Horta PintoUniversidade Federal de São João del-Rei - Departamento de Ciências Naturais - Laboratório de Patologia Experimental - São João del-Rei (MG) - Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3070-3930

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to evaluate the therapeutic effect of an ethanol extract of Ocimum basilicum L. (EEOb) aerial parts against Ehrlich's experimental tumor (EET) in mice.

methodsSwiss mice were divided into two groups (control and treated; n = 6). On day 21, all mice were inoculated subcutaneously with 2 × 106 (0.05 mL) EET cells in the left paw for solid tumor development. This study lasted 28 days. Treatment began 24 hours after inoculation with EET. Measurements of dorsoplantar thickness were used to assess tumor growth. The paw pad was collected for histopathological analysis and stained using the argyrophilic nucleolar organizing regions (AgNOR) technique and immunohistochemistry for proliferating cell nuclear antigen, Bcl-2 and Bax.

resultsThe treatment of animals with EEOb at 100 mg/kg intraperitoneally was able to reduce the growth (Control = 3.7 ± 0.1 mm vs. EEOb = 5.7 ± 0.2 mm) and the number of AgNORs of solid Ehrlich tumor. The antitumor effect of EEOb was associated with the induction of apoptosis of tumoral cell, as suggested by the reduction of the content of Bcl-2 induced by extract.

conclusionsThe study demonstrated that daily administration of EEOb is able to reduce the growth of EET by induce apoptosis of tumoral cells.

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ApoptosisCarcinoma, Ehrlich TumorDisease Models, AnimalOcimum basilicumPlant ExtractsAnimalsImmunohistochemistryMaleMiceProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Reproducibility of ResultsPlant ExtractsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2

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PMID39082586
PMCPMC11285817

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