Journal of Plant Biology

, Volume 52, Issue 4, pp 325–331 | Cite as

Biological Activities of Fractions from Methanolic Extract of Picrasma quassioides

  • Yu Yin
  • Seong-Il Heo
  • Kwang Soo Roh
  • Myeong-Hyeon Wang
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
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Abstract

Antioxidant, antidiabetes, and anticancer activities of fractions (water, hexane, EtOAc, and BuOH) from methanolic (MeOH) extract of Picrasma quassioides were evaluated in vitro. Among the four fractions, BuOH fraction showed cytotoxic activity on the human stomach carcinoma cells (NCI-N87) without cytotoxic effect on the human normal kidney cells (293) by MTT assay. Considering these results, we adapted BuOH fraction of MeOH extract to the assessment of apoptosis by flow cytometry and mRNA expression levels of established apoptotic-related genes on NCI-N87 cells. The experiments showed that BuOH fraction could induce apoptosis on NCI-N87 cells significantly. Take together these results, P. quassioides showed that it could be used for potential pharmaceutical products.

Keywords

Antioxidant Antidiabetes Anticancer Fractions MeOH extract Picrasma quassioides 
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© The Botanical Society of Korea 2009

Authors and Affiliations

  • Yu Yin
    • 1
  • Seong-Il Heo
    • 1
  • Kwang Soo Roh
    • 2
  • Myeong-Hyeon Wang
    • 1
  1. 1.School of Biotechnology (BK21 Program)Kangwon National UniversityChuncheonSouth Korea
  2. 2.Department of BiologyKeimyung UniversityDalseoguSouth Korea

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