Cytotoxic and Antitumor Activity of Momilactone B from Rice Hulls
- 28 February 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
- Vol. 55 (5), 1702-1706
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jf062020b
Abstract
The cytotoxic and antitumor activity of methanolic extract of rice hulls (MERH) were evaluated by the MTT-dye reduction assay against human colon cancer cells and the colonic aberrant crypt foci (ACF) assay in 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH)-injected F344 male rats, respectively. MERH was found to be highly cytotoxic, with IC50 values of 0.5 microg/mL in vitro. Forty weeks of MERH supplementation (50 mg/kg of body weight/day) reduced colonic pre-neoplastic ACF formation by 35% (p < 0.01). An active compound, momilactone B, was isolated from MERH by silica gel chromatography, Sephadex LH-20 chromatography, and HPLC. The cytotoxic activity of momilactone B was evaluated by the MTT-dye reduction, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and colony-forming ability assays in human colon cancer HT-29 and SW620 cells. The results indicated that momilactone B from rice hulls might be a new candidate for chemotherapeutic agent against human colon cancer.Keywords
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