Glassworts as Possible Anticancer Agents Against Human Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Cells with Their Nutritive,Antioxidant and Phytochemical Profiles |
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| Authors: | Ahmet Altay Gulcin Sagdicoglu Celep Ahmet E Yaprak Isa Baskose Faruk Bozoglu |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Erzincan Univesity, Erzincan, Turkey;2. Food and Nutrition Technology Division, Family and Consumer Sciences Department, Gazi University Industrial Arts Education Faculty, Teknikokullar, Ankara, Turkey;3. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey;4. Food Engineering Department, Middle East Technical Univesity, Ankara, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | In this study, the possible uses of glassworts as potential food ingredients and their antiproliferative activity against colorectal adenocarcinoma cells together with their antioxidant and phytochemical profiles were investigated for the first time. MeOH extracts of five different taxa collected from different localities were screened for their antioxidant capacities by DPPH (IC50 2.91 – 5.49 mg/ml) and ABTS (24.4 – 38.5 μmol TE/g extract) assays. Salicornia freitagii exhibited the highest DPPH radical scavenging activity. LC/MS/MS analysis displayed that vanillic acid and p‐coumaric acid were two main phenolic compounds in the extract. Salicornia freitagii extracts also exhibited high antiproliferative activity against HT‐29 (IC50 1.67 mg/ml) and Caco‐2 (IC50 3.03 mg/ml) cells for 72 h. Mineral analysis indicated that all the species with different proportions of elemental components contained high amount of cations. These results indicate that investigated glassworts, with their high phenolic and mineral contents and also notable antioxidant and cytotoxic properties, may be utilized as a promising source of therapeutics. |
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| Keywords: | Glassworts Antioxidants Cytotoxicity Colon cancer Minerals |
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