Beta
324263

Vitex Berries Attenuates Chemically-Induced Mammary Carcinomas in Rats through modulation of the cancer growth rate-limiting enzymes activities: aromatase and Na+/K+ ATPase.

Article

Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

Biochemistry

Abstract

Vitex (Vitex agnus-castus) berries have shown potent antioxidant, selective anti-inflammatory against cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2), and cytotoxicity effect against human breast cancer cells (MCF-7), as we recorded in our previous study". Also, we found that Ethanolic extract (70%) and its ethyl acetate fraction have exhibited anti-tumor ability on Ehrlich's Ascites Carcinoma in mice model please explain these results in the present study or other previous study. The present study was planned to evaluate the protective and therapeutic effects of berries ethanolic extract and its ethyl acetate fraction on breast cancer using a 7, 12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene-induced breast cancer model. Results showed that Vitex materials exhibited protective and therapeutic effects on chemically-induced breast cancer Sprague-Dawley female rats, where breast cancer biomarkers including the number of tumor devolved, weight and volume of tumor mass, and carcinoembryonic antigen level were significantly reduced compared to the cancer control group. Interestingly, the therapeutic effects of vitex materials were better than the protective effects, and ethyl acetate fraction was more effective than ethanolic extract. Finally, the obtained data showed that Vitex ethanolic extract (70%) and its ethyl acetate fraction can protect and treat chemically-induced breast cancer with a good safety margin. Vitex struggled with chemically-induced breast cancer through inhibition of the overexpression of cancer growth rate-limiting enzymes; Na+/K+ ATPase and aromatase as well as estrogen overproduction. Also, Vitex prevented overexpression of COX-2 and oxidative stress.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2023.234925.8567

Keywords

Vitex agnus-castus hydroethanolic extract and ethyl acetate fraction, 7, 12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene-induced breast cancer in rats, aromatase and Na+/K ATPase activities, Estrogen and progesterone, COX-2 overproduction

Authors

First Name

Samah

Last Name

El-Newary

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research Department, National Research Centre

Email

samahelnewary@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-3141-3620

First Name

Eman

Last Name

Youness

MiddleName

R

Affiliation

Department of Medical Biochemistry, Medical Research Institute, National Research Centre

Email

hoctober2002@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

-

First Name

Abeer

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Division, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

Email

abeeryibrahim@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

67

Article Issue

5

Related Issue

46682

Issue Date

2024-05-01

Receive Date

2023-09-07

Publish Date

2024-05-01

Page Start

235

Page End

255

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

Link

https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_324263.html

Detail API

https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=324263

Order

324,263

Type

Original Article

Type Code

297

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

Publication Link

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

MainTitle

Vitex Berries Attenuates Chemically-Induced Mammary Carcinomas in Rats through modulation of the cancer growth rate-limiting enzymes activities: aromatase and Na+/K+ ATPase.

Details

Type

Article

Created At

30 Dec 2024