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JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 81, Issue 1, Pages 17-22Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(01)00419-6
Keywords
Phyllanthus amarus; topoisomerase II; chemoprevention; cell cycle regulators; antitumour drugs; Cdc25 tyrosine phosphatase
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Aqueous extract of Phyllanthus amarus (P. amarus) treatment exhibited potent anticarcinogenic activity against 20-methyl-cholanthrene (20-MC) induced sarcoma development and increased the survival of tumour harboring mice. The extract administration (p.o) was also found to prolong the life span of Dalton's Lymphoma Ascites (DLA) and Ehrlich Ascites Carcinoma (EAC) bearing mice and reduced the volume of transplanted solid tumours. The extract inhibited aniline hydroxylase, a P-450 enzyme. The concentration required for 50% inhibition (IC50) was found to be 540 mug/ml. The extract was found to inhibit DNA topoisomerase II of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant cell cultures and inhibited cell cycle regulatory enzyme cdc25 tyrosine phosphatase (IC50-25 mug/ml). Antitumour and anticancer activity of P. amarus may be related with the inhibition of metabolic activation of carcinogen as well as the inhibition of cell cycle regulators and DNA repair. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science. Ireland Ltd.
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