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Evaluation of Anticancer Activities of Ulva Lactuca Ethanolic Extract On Colorectal Cancer Cells

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Food Chemistry

Abstract

The current study aimed to assess the anticancer effects of the ethanolic extract of Ulva lactuca (Seaweeds) on Caco-2 cell line. U. lactuca, a natural source of poly-unsaturated fatty acids, may be inhibit cancerous cells proliferation through apoptosis and cell death. The MTT experiment revealed that U. lactuca's toxicity on Caco-2 cells was concentration-dependent. As the extract concentration reached 0.45 µg, the percentage of cell viability propagated to 100%, and when it reached 250 µg, it decreased to 14.7%. Ulva lactuca extract was found to have anti-proliferative activity against Caco-2 cancer cell line, with an IC50 of 17.33 µg/mL. After being exposed to U. lactuca, Caco-2 cells underwent cell cycle analysis, which revealed significant DNA accumulation in the S-Phase but not significantly in the G2-M and G0/G1 phases. Apoptosis was confirmed via oxidative activity supported apoptotic potential recording a significantly increased ROS, MDA levels. Here, we used comet assay to examine U. lactuca's potential for genotoxicity. When the IC 50 of U lactuca was utilized, it induces significant amount of DNA damage to Caco-2 cells. Using the alkaline single cell gel electrophoresis assay, the amount of DNA damage (tail DNA) and the length of DNA migration (comet) were both determined in both control and treated cells.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2023.206838.7891

Keywords

Anticancer, Cytotoxicity, apoptosis, Flowcytometry, Caco-2 cells, Comet assay, Oxidative Stress

Authors

First Name

Abir

Last Name

Khalil Mohamed

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University

Email

abirkhalil09@azhar.edu.eg

City

Cairo -Egypt

Orcid

0000-0002-2818-5030

First Name

Entsar

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Abd-Mogead

Affiliation

Department of Botany & Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azher University

Email

entesar18@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Aly

Last Name

mohamed

MiddleName

fahmy

Affiliation

International Center for Training and Advanced Researches (ICTAR-Egypt)

Email

fahmy.aly@gmail.com

City

GIZA

Orcid

0000-2302-0910-4217

Volume

66

Article Issue

13

Related Issue

43707

Issue Date

2023-12-01

Receive Date

2023-04-20

Publish Date

2023-12-01

Page Start

531

Page End

539

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_302365.html

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Original Article

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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

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Evaluation of Anticancer Activities of Ulva Lactuca Ethanolic Extract On Colorectal Cancer Cells

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Created At

30 Dec 2024