First Report on Cydonia oblonga Miller Anticancer Potential: Differential Anti proliferative Effect against Human Kidney and Colon Cancer Cells

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2010

Authors

Marcia Carvalho (Author) Other; Branca M Silva (Author) Other; Renata Silva (Author) Other; Patricia Valentao (Author) FFUP; Paula B Andrade (Author) FFUP; Maria L Bastos (Author) FFUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Vol. 58

Pages: 3366-3370

ISSN: 0021-8561

Publisher: American Chemical Society

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Scientific classification

FOS: Agrarian Sciences > Other Agrarian Sciences

CORDIS: Health sciences > Pharmacological sciences > Pharmacognosy

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-003-87E

DOI: 10.1021/jf903836k

Resumo (PT): The present study reports the phenolic profile and antiproliferative properties of quince (Cydonia oblonga Miller) leaf and fruit (pulp, peel, and seed) against human kidney and colon cancer cells. The phenolic profiles of quince methanolic extracts were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)/diode array detector (DAD). 5-O-Caffeoylquinic acid was always one of the two major phenolic compounds present in all extracts, except for seed. Our results revealed that quince leaf and fruit extracts exhibited distinctive antiproliferative activities. The extracts from quince leaf showed concentration-dependent growth inhibitory activity toward human colon cancer cells (IC50 = 239.7 ± 43.2 μg/mL), while no effect was observed in renal adenocarcinoma cells. Concerning the fruit, seed extracts exhibited no effect on colon cancer cell growth, whereas strong antiproliferative efficiency against renal cancer cells was observed for the highest concentration assayed (500 μg/mL). The antiproliferative activity of pulp and peel extracts was low or absent in the selected range of extract concentrations. This is the first report showing that C. oblonga may be useful as a cancer chemopreventive and/or chemotherapeutic agent. <br> <br> Keywords (keywords): Cydonia oblonga Miller; quince; phenolic compounds; antiproliferative activity; kidney cancer; colon cancer <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf903836k "> Texto integral</a> <br> <br>

Abstract (EN): The present study reports the phenolic profile and antiproliferative properties of quince (Cydonia oblonga Miller) leaf and fruit (pulp, peel, and seed) against human kidney and colon cancer cells. The phenolic profiles of quince methanolic extracts were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)/diode array detector (DAD). 5-O-Caffeoylquinic acid was always one of the two major phenolic compounds present in all extracts, except for seed. Our results revealed that quince leaf and fruit extracts exhibited distinctive antiproliferative activities. The extracts from quince leaf showed concentration-dependent growth inhibitory activity toward human colon cancer cells (IC(50) = 239.7 +/- 43.2 mu g/mL), while no effect was observed in renal adenocarcinoma cells. Concerning the fruit, seed extracts exhibited no effect on colon cancer cell growth, whereas strong antiproliferative efficiency against renal cancer cells was observed for the highest concentration assayed (500 mu g/mL). The anti proliferative activity of pulp and peel extracts was low or absent in the selected range of extract concentrations. This is the first report showing that C. oblonga may be useful as a cancer chemopreventive and/or chemotherapeutic agent.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 5