Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 118, Issue 2, Pages 307-314Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.04.122
Keywords
Panax notoginseng; Steaming; Saponin; Ginsenoside; High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); SW-480 human colorectal cancer cells; Antiproliferation; Apoptosis
Funding
- NIH/NCCAM [AT003255, AT004418]
- NIH/NCI [CA106569]
- American Cancer Society [RSG-05-254-01DDC, RSG-05-230-01DDC]
- NIH [GM074197]
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The root of Panax notoginseng has been shown to change its saponin composition upon steaming. This study examines the effects of different steaming times and temperature on notoginseng root for saponin composition and anticancer activities. Steaming decreased the content of notoginsenoside RI, ginsenosides Rg1. Re, Rb1, Rc, R2, Rb3 and Rd, but increased the content of Rh1, Rg2, 20R-Rg2, Rg3 and Rh2. Steaming significantly influenced the transformation of Rg3. The amount of ginsenoside Rg3, an anticancer compound, was 5.23-fold greater in root steamed for 2 h at 120 degrees C than at 100 degrees C, and 3.22-fold greater when steamed for 4 h than for I h at 120 degrees C. For anticancer effects, the extract of steamed root significantly inhibited proliferation of SW-480 human colorectal cancer cells. The IC50 of the steamed extract for 1, 2, 4 and 6 h at 120 degrees C was 259.2, 131.4, 123.7 and 127.1 mu g/mL, respectively; the effect of unsteamed extract was low. Flow cytometric analysis demonstrated that the apoptotic cell induction rates of SW-480 cells were 56.3% and 64.4% with 150.0 and 200.0 mu g/mL extract steamed for 6 h. Compared with Rg1 and Rb1, only Rg3 had a significant antiproliferative effect. (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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