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In-vitro Antioxidant and Anticancer Studies of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Seed Extract and Its Oil on Seven Cell Lines with Molecular Docking Study Targeting PI3K and EGF

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Last updated: 07 Jan 2025

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Pharmacognosy

Abstract

Introduction: Natural products and neutraceuticals are considered important sources of anticancer medicines. The study was conducted to investigate the in-vitro antioxidant and anticancer activities of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) seed extract (DPSE) and its oil (Oi-Y) against seven cancer cell lines with new insights for the proposed anticancer mechanism of action via molecular docking study for the major active constituents with inhibitory effect on phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) and antagonistic action of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Materials and methods: The antioxidant assay was conducted using DPPH radical scavenging activity. The anticancer activities were investigated using a variety of cell lines, including HCT-116 (colon carcinoma), HepG-2 (hepatocellular carcinoma), PC-3 (prostate cancer), A-549 (lung adenocarcinoma), HeLa (cervical cancer), HEP-2 (human larynx epithelial carcinoma), and MCF-7 (breast carcinoma). They were quantitatively determined for their in-vitro anti-neoplastic activities using a colorimetric technique. The IC50 values was computed by using optical density. Positive control was performed using doxorubicin. Results: DPSE and Oi-Y showed strong antioxidant activity compared to ascorbic acid. The oil was found to have strong cytotoxic effects on the tested cell lines than DPSE. The HepG-2 cell line was the most susceptible cell line with an IC50 value of 11.18 µg/ml. Molecular docking results showed that oleuropein, luteolin-7-O-glucoside, apigenin-7-O-glucoside, and chromone 1 interestingly binds with high scores with the selected PI3K and EGFR target sites. Conclusions: Our experiment showed that date palm seed extract and its oil could considerably a novel source of anticancer agents.

DOI

10.21608/zjps.2024.342538.1082

Keywords

Phoenix dactylifera, antioxidant, Anticancer, histological study, Docking study

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Abdelkhalek

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S

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Lecturer of medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of pharmacy, Zagazig Universit, Egypt

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ahmedmed.2010@hotmail.com

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Zagazig

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First Name

Amina

Last Name

El-Shaibany

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Affiliation

Pharmacognosy Department, University of Sana'a, Pharmacy College, Yemen

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amina.doc.pharm@gmail.com

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First Name

Gehad

Last Name

M. Elnagar

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Affiliation

Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, 44519, Egypt

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jmabdulrahman@pharmacy.zu.edu.eg

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First Name

Ali

Last Name

Raslan

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-

Affiliation

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, 71524, Egypt

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aliraslan@azhar.edu.eg

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First Name

Naif

Last Name

A. Al-Gabri

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Department of Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Thamar University, Dhamar, Yemen,

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naifaljabry2014@gmail.com

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First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

M. Elaasser

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-

Affiliation

The Regional Center for Mycology and Biotechnology, Al-Azhar University, 11787 Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt;

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mmelaasser@gmail.com

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First Name

Nesreen

Last Name

Elkomy

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-

Affiliation

Pharmacology and toxicology department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Egypt

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nmmousa@pharmacy.zu.edu.eg

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-

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Volume

33

Article Issue

2

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52648

Issue Date

2024-12-01

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2024-12-08

Publish Date

2024-12-01

Page Start

51

Page End

69

Print ISSN

1110-5089

Online ISSN

2356-9786

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862

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Zagazig Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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https://zjps.journals.ekb.eg/

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In-vitro Antioxidant and Anticancer Studies of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Seed Extract and Its Oil on Seven Cell Lines with Molecular Docking Study Targeting PI3K and EGFR Inhibition

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07 Jan 2025