Cytotoxicity screening of some Turkish plants against renal cancer cells
Yıl 2023,
Cilt: 27 Sayı: 2, 636 - 641, 27.06.2025
Feyyaz Mihoğlugil
Demet Akalgan
,
Fatma Tosun
Öz
In this contribution, we performed cytotoxicity screening of 51 extracts from 17 plant species, representing
14 families growing in Turkey. Cytotoxic activities of the dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, and methanol extracts of the
plants were investigated against the renal (A498 and U031) cancer cell lines. 28 extracts exhibited more than 50% growth
inhibition at a 25 ug/mL concentration on both renal cancer A498 and UO31 cell lines. The extracts showed higher
activity against UO31 cells than A498 cells. The dichloromethane extract of the aerial parts of Scabiosa columbaria ssp.
columbaria showed the highest cytotoxic activity with 64% inhibition at a 25 ug/mL concentration on the renal cancer
UO31 cell line. The methanol extract of the aerial parts of Epilobium minutiflorum showed the highest cytotoxic activity
with 63% inhibition at a 25 ug/mL concentration on the renal cancer A498 cell line.
Kaynakça
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compounds for cancer treatment: Important advances for drug discovery. Phytochem Lett. 2019; 31: 196-207.
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112455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2020.11245
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of renal cell carcinoma cells via inactivation of the EGFR signaling pathway. Exp Ther Med. 2020; 19: 2949-2956.
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potential via regulating apoptotic and inflammatory pathways. J Ethnopharmacol. 2020;261: 113064.
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vitro cytotoxic evaluation of alkaloids from Abuta rufescens. Planta Med. 2012; 78: 230–232.
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Chem Nat Compd. 2017; 53: 915-922. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10600-017-2154-5
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Nat. Prod. Res. 2009; 23(15): 1384–1389. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786410802553752
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Boyda MR. Isolation and characterization of novel cytotoxic saponins from Archidendron ellipticum. Bioorg Med
Chem. 1997; 5(8): 1509-1517. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0968-0896(97)00098-9
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analogs for the prevention and treatment of cancer: A systematic review. Phytother Res. 2022; 36:1854–1883.doi:
10.1002/ptr.7386. https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.7386
- Nelson VK, Sahoo NK, Sahu M, Sudhan HH, Pullaiah CP, Muralikrishna KS. In vitro anticancer activity of Eclipta
alba whole plant extract on colon cancer cell HCT-116. BMC Complement Med Ther.2020; 20:355.
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coumarin from the root extract of Heptaptera anatolica. Molecules. 2019; 24: 1153-1160.
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cilicica. Rec Nat Prod. 2021; 15(6): 529-536. https://doi.org/10.25135/rnp.242.21.02.1990
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sesquiterpenoids and tetralones of Zygogynum calothyrsum. J Nat Prod. 2013; 76: 710-714.
https://doi.org/10.1021/np400042q
- Badisa RB, Tzakou O, Couladis M and Pilarinou E. Cytotoxic activities of some Greek Labiatae Herbs. Phytother
Res. 2003; 17: 472–476. https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.1175
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vulgare L. (Lamiaceae) extracts. Biol Pharm Bull. 2002; 25(4): 499-504. https://doi.org/10.1248/bpb.25.499
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Extracts on selected human cell lines. C.R. Acad Sci. 2017; 70(5): 645-650.
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Coryllusa vellana L. extracts against human cancer cell lines. Biomed Pharmacother. 2017; 89: 565–572.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2017.02.046
- Bilir EK, Tutun H, Sevin S, Kismali G, Yarsan E. Cytotoxic Effects of Rhododendron ponticumL. Extract on prostate
carcinoma and adenocarcinoma cell line (DU145, PC3). Kafkas Univ Vet Fak Derg. 2018; 24 (3): 451-457.
https://doi.org/10.9775/kvfd.2017.19219
- Demir S, Turan I, Aliyazicioglu Y. Cytotoxic effect of Rhododendron luteum leaf extract on human cancer cell lines.
KSÜ Tar Doğa Derg. 2018; 21(6): 950-956. https://doi.org/10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.421283
- Mahomoodally M F, Sieniawska E, Sinan KI, Picot-Allaina MCN, Yerlikaya S, Baloglu MC, Altunoglu YC, Senkardes
I, Rengasamy KRR, Zengin G. Utilisation of Rhododendron luteum sweet bioactive compounds as valuable source of
enzymes inhibitors, antioxidant, and anticancer agents. Food ChemToxicol. 2020; 135: 111052.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2019.111052
- Şöhretoğlu D, Genç Y, Harput ÜŞ, Sabuncuoğlu S, Soral M, Gülin Renda G, Liptaj T. Phytochemical Content,
Antioxidant and Cytotoxic Activities of Sedum spurium. Nat ProdCommun. 2016; 11 (11):1693-1696.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1934578X1601101117
- PiwowarskiJP, Bobrowska-Korczak B, Stanislawska I, Bielecki W, Wrzesien R, Granica S, Krupa K, Kiss
AK.Evaluation of the Effect of Epilobium angustifolium Aqueous Extract on LNCaP Cell Proliferation in In Vitro and
In Vivo Models. Planta Med. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-109372
- Stolarczyk M, Piwowarski JP, Granica S, Stefańska J, Naruszewicz M and Kiss AK. Extracts from Epilobium sp.
Herbs, Their Components and Gut Microbiota Metabolites of Epilobium Ellagitannins, Urolithins, Inhibit Hormone-
Dependent Prostate Cancer Cells (LNCaP) Proliferation and PSA Secretion. Phytother Res. 2013; 27: 1842–1848.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.4941
- Nowak A, Zielonka-Brzezicka J, Peruzynska M and Klimowicz A. Epilobium angustifolium L. as a Potential Herbal
Component of Topical Products for Skin Care and Treatment—A Review. Molecules 2022; 27: 3536.
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27113536
- Akar Z. Chemical compositions by using LC–MS/MS and GC–MS and antioxidant activities of methanolic extracts
from leaf and flower parts of Scabiosa columbaria subsp. columbaria var. columbaria L. Saudi J Biol Sci. 2021; 28: 6639-
6644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.07.039
- Dumlu MU, Gurkan E and Tuzlacı E. Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of Campanula alliariifolia. Nat
Prod Res.2008; 22(6): 477–482. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786410701640429
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2005; 7(5): 771–775. https://doi.org/10.1080/1028602042000324907
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S, Kahraman A, Banoglu E. Exploration of anti-tyrosinase effect of Geranium glaberrimum Boiss. & Heldr. with in
silico approach and survey of 21 Geranium species. J Herb Med. 2021; 27: 100431.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hermed.2021.100431
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Related Polyphenols in Geranium thunbergii Using Quantitative NMR. Molecules. 2018; 23: 1346.
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules23061346
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Sedum spurium M. Bieb. Extracts. Acta Pharm Sci. 2019; 57(2): 193-201. https://doi.org/10.23893/1307-
2080.APS.05712
Yıl 2023,
Cilt: 27 Sayı: 2, 636 - 641, 27.06.2025
Feyyaz Mihoğlugil
Demet Akalgan
,
Fatma Tosun
Kaynakça
- Siegel R, Miller KD, Fuchs HE, Jemal A. Cancer statistics, 2022. CA Cancer J. Clin. 2022; 72: 7–33.
https://doi.org/10.3322/caac.21708
- Shu X, Zhang Z, Yao Z-Y and Xing X-L. Identification of five ferroptosis-related LncRNAs as novel prognosis and
diagnosis signatures for renal cancer. Front Mol Biosci. 2022; 8:763697. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2021.763697
- Sung H, Ferlay J, Siegel RL, Laversanne M, Soerjomataram I, Jemal A, Bray F. Global Cancer Statistics 2020:
GLOBOCAN Estimates of incidence and mortality Worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries. CA A. Cancer J Clin.
2021; 71: 209–249. https://doi.org/10.3322/caac.21660
- Newman DJ, Cragg GM. Natural products as sources of new drugs over the nearly four decades from 01/ 1981 to
09/2019. J Nat Prod. 2020; 83: 770–803. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b01285
- Majolo F, Delwing LKOB, Marmitt DJ, Bustamante-Filho IC, Goettert M I. Medicinal plants and bioactive natural
compounds for cancer treatment: Important advances for drug discovery. Phytochem Lett. 2019; 31: 196-207.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytol.2019.04.003
- Isyaka SM, Mas-Claret E, Langat MK, Hodges T, Selway B, Mbala BM, Mvingu BK, Mulholland DA. Cytotoxic
diterpenoids from the leaves and stem bark of Croton haumanianus(Euphorbiaceae). Phytochemistry. 2020; 178:
112455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2020.11245
- Zhu C, Na N, Sheng H, Feng B, Wang H, Zhu P, Zhang W, Zhang M and Deng Z. Ginkgolic acid inhibits the growth
of renal cell carcinoma cells via inactivation of the EGFR signaling pathway. Exp Ther Med. 2020; 19: 2949-2956.
https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2020.8570
- Jisha N, Vysakh A, Vijeesh V, Latha MS.Ethyl acetate fraction of Muntingia calabura L. exerts anti-colorectal cancer
potential via regulating apoptotic and inflammatory pathways. J Ethnopharmacol. 2020;261: 113064.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2020.113064
- Swaffar DS, Holley CJ, Fitch RW, Elkin KR, Zhang C, Sturgill JP, Menachery MD.Phytochemical investigation and in
vitro cytotoxic evaluation of alkaloids from Abuta rufescens. Planta Med. 2012; 78: 230–232.
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0031-1280383
- Versiani MA, Kanwal A, Faizi S, and Farooq AD. Cytotoxic cardiac glycoside from the parasitic plant Cuscuta reflexa.
Chem Nat Compd. 2017; 53: 915-922. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10600-017-2154-5
- Rajkapoor B, Murugesh N, Krishna DR. Cytotoxic activity of a flavanone from the stem of Bauhinia variegata Linn.
Nat. Prod. Res. 2009; 23(15): 1384–1389. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786410802553752
- Beutler JA, Kashman Y, Pannell LK, Cardellina JH, Alexander MRA, Balaschak MS, Prather TR, Shoemaker RH, and
Boyda MR. Isolation and characterization of novel cytotoxic saponins from Archidendron ellipticum. Bioorg Med
Chem. 1997; 5(8): 1509-1517. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0968-0896(97)00098-9
- Banik K, Khatoon E, Harsha, C., Rana V, Parama D, Thakur KK, Bishayee A, Kunnumakkara, AB. Wogonin and its
analogs for the prevention and treatment of cancer: A systematic review. Phytother Res. 2022; 36:1854–1883.doi:
10.1002/ptr.7386. https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.7386
- Nelson VK, Sahoo NK, Sahu M, Sudhan HH, Pullaiah CP, Muralikrishna KS. In vitro anticancer activity of Eclipta
alba whole plant extract on colon cancer cell HCT-116. BMC Complement Med Ther.2020; 20:355.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-020-03118-9
- Tosun F, Beutler JA, Ransom TT, Miski M. Anatolicin, a highly potent and selective cytotoxic sesquiterpene
coumarin from the root extract of Heptaptera anatolica. Molecules. 2019; 24: 1153-1160.
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24061153
- Tosun F,Aytar EC, Beutler JA, Wilson JA, Miski M. Cytotoxic sesquiterpene coumarins from the roots of Heptaptera
cilicica. Rec Nat Prod. 2021; 15(6): 529-536. https://doi.org/10.25135/rnp.242.21.02.1990
- Devkota KP, Covell D, Ransom T, McMahon JB, Beutler JA. Growth inhibition of human colon carcinoma cells by
sesquiterpenoids and tetralones of Zygogynum calothyrsum. J Nat Prod. 2013; 76: 710-714.
https://doi.org/10.1021/np400042q
- Badisa RB, Tzakou O, Couladis M and Pilarinou E. Cytotoxic activities of some Greek Labiatae Herbs. Phytother
Res. 2003; 17: 472–476. https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.1175
- Dzhambazov B, Daskalova S, Monteva A, and Popov N. In vitro screening for antitumour activity of Clinopodium
vulgare L. (Lamiaceae) extracts. Biol Pharm Bull. 2002; 25(4): 499-504. https://doi.org/10.1248/bpb.25.499
- Batsalova T, Bardarov K, Bardarov V, Moten D, Dzhambazov B. Cytotoxic properties of Clinopodium vulgare L.
Extracts on selected human cell lines. C.R. Acad Sci. 2017; 70(5): 645-650.
- Gallego A, Metón I, Baanante IV, Ouazzani J,Adelin E, Palazon J, Bonfill M, Moyano E. Viability-reducing activity of
Coryllusa vellana L. extracts against human cancer cell lines. Biomed Pharmacother. 2017; 89: 565–572.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2017.02.046
- Bilir EK, Tutun H, Sevin S, Kismali G, Yarsan E. Cytotoxic Effects of Rhododendron ponticumL. Extract on prostate
carcinoma and adenocarcinoma cell line (DU145, PC3). Kafkas Univ Vet Fak Derg. 2018; 24 (3): 451-457.
https://doi.org/10.9775/kvfd.2017.19219
- Demir S, Turan I, Aliyazicioglu Y. Cytotoxic effect of Rhododendron luteum leaf extract on human cancer cell lines.
KSÜ Tar Doğa Derg. 2018; 21(6): 950-956. https://doi.org/10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.421283
- Mahomoodally M F, Sieniawska E, Sinan KI, Picot-Allaina MCN, Yerlikaya S, Baloglu MC, Altunoglu YC, Senkardes
I, Rengasamy KRR, Zengin G. Utilisation of Rhododendron luteum sweet bioactive compounds as valuable source of
enzymes inhibitors, antioxidant, and anticancer agents. Food ChemToxicol. 2020; 135: 111052.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2019.111052
- Şöhretoğlu D, Genç Y, Harput ÜŞ, Sabuncuoğlu S, Soral M, Gülin Renda G, Liptaj T. Phytochemical Content,
Antioxidant and Cytotoxic Activities of Sedum spurium. Nat ProdCommun. 2016; 11 (11):1693-1696.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1934578X1601101117
- PiwowarskiJP, Bobrowska-Korczak B, Stanislawska I, Bielecki W, Wrzesien R, Granica S, Krupa K, Kiss
AK.Evaluation of the Effect of Epilobium angustifolium Aqueous Extract on LNCaP Cell Proliferation in In Vitro and
In Vivo Models. Planta Med. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-109372
- Stolarczyk M, Piwowarski JP, Granica S, Stefańska J, Naruszewicz M and Kiss AK. Extracts from Epilobium sp.
Herbs, Their Components and Gut Microbiota Metabolites of Epilobium Ellagitannins, Urolithins, Inhibit Hormone-
Dependent Prostate Cancer Cells (LNCaP) Proliferation and PSA Secretion. Phytother Res. 2013; 27: 1842–1848.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.4941
- Nowak A, Zielonka-Brzezicka J, Peruzynska M and Klimowicz A. Epilobium angustifolium L. as a Potential Herbal
Component of Topical Products for Skin Care and Treatment—A Review. Molecules 2022; 27: 3536.
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27113536
- Akar Z. Chemical compositions by using LC–MS/MS and GC–MS and antioxidant activities of methanolic extracts
from leaf and flower parts of Scabiosa columbaria subsp. columbaria var. columbaria L. Saudi J Biol Sci. 2021; 28: 6639-
6644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.07.039
- Dumlu MU, Gurkan E and Tuzlacı E. Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of Campanula alliariifolia. Nat
Prod Res.2008; 22(6): 477–482. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786410701640429
- Yaylı N, Yıldırım N, Doğan N, Usta A and Altun L. Triterpenes from Campanula lactiflora. J Asian Nat Prod Res.
2005; 7(5): 771–775. https://doi.org/10.1080/1028602042000324907
- Celikler Ozer O, Erdogan Orhan I, Calıskan B, Senol Deniz FS, Gokbulut A, Gur Maz T, Aysal A, Emerce E, Shekfeh
S, Kahraman A, Banoglu E. Exploration of anti-tyrosinase effect of Geranium glaberrimum Boiss. & Heldr. with in
silico approach and survey of 21 Geranium species. J Herb Med. 2021; 27: 100431.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hermed.2021.100431
- Bastian F, Ito Y, Ogahara E, Ganeko N, Hatano T and Ito H. Simultaneous Quantification of Ellagitannins and
Related Polyphenols in Geranium thunbergii Using Quantitative NMR. Molecules. 2018; 23: 1346.
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules23061346
- Karadağ AE., Tosun F.Invitro Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Evaluation of Melampyrum arvense var. elatius L. and
Sedum spurium M. Bieb. Extracts. Acta Pharm Sci. 2019; 57(2): 193-201. https://doi.org/10.23893/1307-
2080.APS.05712