TY - JOUR ID - 12598 TI - Gummosin, a sesquiterpene coumarin from Ferula assa-foetida is preferentially cytotoxic to human breast and prostate cancer cell lines JO - Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine JA - AJP LA - en SN - 2228-7930 AU - Iranshahi, Milad AU - Farhadi, Faegheh AU - Paknejad, Babak AU - Zareian, Parvin AU - Iranshahi, Mehrdad AU - Karami, Masoumeh AU - Abtahi, Seyed Reza AD - Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. AD - Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. AD - Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Biotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. AD - Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 9 IS - 5 SP - 446 EP - 453 KW - Ferula assa-foetida KW - Apiaceae KW - Gummosin KW - Cytotoxicity KW - MCF-7 KW - PC-3 DO - 10.22038/ajp.2019.12598 N2 - Objective: The present study was conducted to find cytotoxic compounds from oleo-gum-resin of Ferula assa-foetida (asafoetida). Materials and Methods: A dichloromethane extract of asafoetida was subjected to different chromatography analyses (including column chromatography, preparative thin layer chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography) to isolate its bioactive sesquiterpene coumarins. The structures of isolated compounds were elucidated through 1H-NMR spectra interpretation and comparison with those reported in the literature. To measure the cytotoxic activity of pure compounds, a non-fluorescent substrate called resazurin (alamarBlue®)was used in this study. Human breast and prostate cancer cell lines (MCF-7 and PC-3, respectively) and a normal human embryonic stem cell (NIH) were treated with different concentrations (50, 25, 12.5 and 6.25 µg/mL) of pure compounds. Results: In this study, 10 sesquiterpene coumarins were isolated from oleo-gum-resin of F. assa-foetida and cytotoxic activity of 6 compounds was tested against MCF-7 and PC-3 cell lines and NIH cells. Badrakemin acetate (7), ferukrinone (8) and deacetyl kellerin (10) were found for the first time in the oleo-gum-resin of F. assa-foetida. Gummosin (4) showed moderate cytotoxic activity with IC50 values of 30 and 32.1 µg/mL against PC-3 and MCF-7 cell lines, respectively. None of the isolated compounds showed toxicity against NIH as a normal human cell line. Conclusion: The preferential cytotoxic activity of gummosin against cancer cell lines is reported for the first time in this study. UR - https://ajp.mums.ac.ir/article_12598.html L1 - https://ajp.mums.ac.ir/article_12598_71632e9abbd2635c696c52a60bf6a6de.pdf ER -