期刊
FOOD CHEMISTRY
卷 241, 期 -, 页码 70-78出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.08.083
关键词
Honey Lactate dehydrogenase; MTT; Sulforhodamine B; Trypan blue; Propidium iodide; Hoechst; Reducing sugar; Phenolic acid
资金
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand
Honey is a complex biological substance, consisting mainly of sugars, phenolic compounds and enzymes. Using five quick and accessible assays for measuring honey's cytotoxicity in vitro, we found honey is cytotoxic towards prostate cancer cells PC3 and DU145. However, the level of cell death varied with assay. The MTT assay was confounded by the reduction of the MTT reagent by honey's reducing sugars and phenolic compounds, and the lactate dehydrogenase assay was invalidated by honey oxidising the enzyme cofactor NADH. The sulforhodamine B assay gave valid results, but measures only protein content, providing no information about cell death in the remaining cells. The trypan blue assay and a microscope-based propidium iodide/Hoechst staining assay assess only late stage membrane permeability. However, the propidium iodide/Hoechst assay gives morphological information about cell death mechanism. A combination of the sulforhodamine B and propidium iodide/Hoechst assays would provide the most accurate quantification of honey cytotoxicity.
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