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Larvicidal and Cytotoxic Activity of Cordyline terminalis Kunth and its Metabolites Profiling via UPLC-MS/MS

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Last updated: 13 Jan 2025

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phytochemistry

Abstract

Mosquitoes are the foremost arthropod carriers of infection. As a rule, Culex pipiens, known as a house mosquito, could be a vector of many viruses and infectious diseases. The aqueous methanolic extract of Cordyline terminalis Kunth. leaves (syn. Cordyline fruticose) was examined against Culex pipiens Linnaeus (Diptera: Culicidae) to detect its insecticidal activity. Assessing Cordyline terminalis Kunth larvicidal activity against C. pipiens 3rd instar larvae at 24 and 48 hours after application. The results displayed larval mortality after 24-h and 48-h, with LC50 values of 268.96 and 248.43 ppm, respectively. The aqueous methanolic extract and its fractions (petroleum ether, chloroform, ethyl-acetate, and n-butanol) have been demonstrated to exhibit an inhibitory effect against the breast cancer cell line (MCF)-7, liver cancer cell line (HepG)-2, and colon cancer cell line (HCT)-116. The aqueous methanolic extract displayed the most potent cytotoxic activity against the tested cell lines, with IC50 of 9.02, 10.9, and 11.13 µg/mL, respectively. The cytotoxic activity of petroleum ether exhibited IC50 of 9.28, 11.4, and 11.85 µg/mL, respectively. A total of 76 compounds were tentatively identified in Cordyline terminalis Kunth leaves extract, including 30 flavonoids, 13 carboxylic acids, 7 phenolic acids, 4 steroidal saponins, and other different identified compounds, in both negative and positive ion modes, by using UPLC. Overall, the results indicate that the Cordyline terminalis extract has notable and promising larvicidal and cytotoxic activity which may refer to steroidal saponins and anthocyanins that were detected in the plant

DOI

10.21608/aijpms.2024.256016.1246

Keywords

Cordyline, insecticidal, cytotoxic, Breast, Colon, Liver, LC-MS/MS

Authors

First Name

Hanaa

Last Name

El-Zawahry

MiddleName

M.E.

Affiliation

National Organization for Drug Research and Development, Cairo, Egypt

Email

hanaghazaly2010@gmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0009-0008-7514-0338

First Name

Zeinab

Last Name

Shakour

MiddleName

T.A.

Affiliation

National Organization for Drug Research and Development, Cairo, Egypt

Email

zezi_shakour@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

-

First Name

Azza

Last Name

El-Shafei

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy (Girls), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

salma-sly@hotmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Mona

Last Name

El-Tantawy

MiddleName

E.

Affiliation

National Organization for Drug Control & Research, Cairo, Egypt

Email

shaden-2000@hotmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

-

Volume

5

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

52728

Issue Date

2025-01-01

Receive Date

2023-12-17

Publish Date

2025-01-01

Page Start

141

Page End

151

Print ISSN

2735-4598

Online ISSN

2735-4601

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https://aijpms.journals.ekb.eg/article_379641.html

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1,562

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Publication Title

Azhar International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Sciences

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https://aijpms.journals.ekb.eg/

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Larvicidal and Cytotoxic Activity of Cordyline terminalis Kunth and its Metabolites Profiling via UPLC-MS/MS

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13 Jan 2025