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Assessment of Antitumor Activity of β-sitosterol-β-D-glucoside Isolated and Identified from Justicia brandegeana

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Several species of Justicia (Acanthaceae) are widely used in folk medicine. Also, the plants are used in treatment of central nervous system disorders and epilepsy. On the other hand, some species of this genus are used popularly in headache and fever treatment, in addition to their role as sedative, analgesic, and anti-tumor effect. This study was carried out for isolation and purification of different metabolites as well as assessment the cytotoxicity effect of the major one; β-sitosterol-β-D-glucoside against different type of cancer cell lines. An aqueous methanol extract of J. brandegeana has led to the isolation and identification of six known metabolites: free disaccharides known as 4-O-(α-D-glucopyranosyl)- β-D-glucopyranose (1), methyl-4-hydroxybenzoate (2), p-hydroxybenzoic acid (3), Quercetin 3-O-β-D-4C1-galactopyranoside (4), β-Sitosterol-β-D-glucoside (5) and Lupeol (6) for the first time. Their structure elucidation was based on different spectroscopic analyses. Indeed, Cytotoxic activity of the major constituent namely; β-Sitosterol-β-D-glucoside was evaluated against seven types of cancer cell lines namely; Breast carcinoma (MCF-7), Hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG-2), Colon carcinoma (HCT-116), Lung carcinoma (A-549), Prostate carcinoma (PC-3), Larynx carcinoma HEP-2 and Cervical carcinoma (HELA) cell lines, the results revealed that the cytotoxicity ranged from 0.57-57.25, 3.72-65.08, 5.94-68.51, 8.22-76.15, 0.0-60.13, 0.0-38.62, and 0.0-25.81% in case of breast carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, colon carcinoma, lung carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, larynx carcinoma, and cervical carcinoma cell lines respectively. Thus, β-sitosterol-β-D-glucoside could be recommended as anti-cancer (Lung carcinoma) after determining the safe dose for human use.

Published in International Journal of Nutrition and Food Sciences (Volume 11, Issue 5)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijnfs.20221105.17
Page(s) 159-169
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Lupeol, β-Sitosterol-β-D-glucoside, Justicia brandegeana, Isolation, Bioactive Natural Products Activity

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  • Green Pest Control Lab., Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

  • Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

  • Department of Biology, Jamoum University College, U mm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

  • Green Pest Control Lab., Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

  • Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

  • Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia

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