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Anticancer Mechanism of the Non-polar Extract from Echium angustifolium Mill. Aerial Parts in Relation to Its Chemical Content

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Abstract

Our previous findings elucidated that the hydroethanolic extract of Echium angustifolium Mill. aerial parts and its defatted (polar) fraction supported by bio-guided fractionation possessed potential anticancer and antioxidant activities, as well as other documented plant therapeutic uses. Consequently, the present study aimed to evaluate the hexane (non-polar) extract of E. angustifolium aerial parts for in vitro anticancer, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory activities accompanied by characterization of its bioactive constituents using GC-MS and LC-ESI-MS techniques in order to gain a deeper understanding of this medicinal plant that could be developed as a phytomedicine. This extract exhibited high inhibition against HCT116 (IC50 = 12 µg/mL) & HEPG2 (IC50 = 18 µg/mL) cancer cell lines, with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory potentials. GC-MS of the analyzed extract led to identifying 24 volatile constituents, among them, ethyl esters of palmitic acid and linoleic acid were the most abundant oxygenated compounds. Meanwhile, 10 nonvolatile components were annotated by LC-ESI-MS comprising five phenolic acid derivatives, two lignans, echimidine, acetylshikonin, and quinic acid. Moreover, some of these phytoconstituents were identified in this plant species for the first time. These results justify using non-polar E. angustifolium extract as a possible source of anticancer, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory agents, which can be better confirmed by further in vivo studies.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2022.130795.5757

Keywords

Echium angustifolium, Non-polar Extract, Biological Activity, Chemical profile, GC-MS, LC-ESI-MS

Authors

First Name

Hanan

Last Name

El-Tantawy

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Department, Desert Research Center, El-Matariya 11753, Cairo, Egypt

Email

hanan.tantawy@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Hassan

MiddleName

R.

Affiliation

Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Department, Desert Research Center, Egypt

Email

drarahdrc@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-1060-2326

First Name

Hala

Last Name

Taha

MiddleName

E.

Affiliation

Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Department, Desert Research Center, El-Matariya 11753, Cairo, Egypt

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drh_taha@yahoo.com

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Cairo

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Volume

65

Article Issue

10

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34864

Issue Date

2022-10-01

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2022-03-31

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2022-10-01

Page Start

17

Page End

26

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_237323.html

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297

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Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023