Abstract:
:Herbal medicines are increasingly being utilized to treat a wide variety of disease processes. Evening primrose extract (EPE) is extracted from Oenothera biennis L., one species of evening primroses, which has been shown to have several pharmacological effects. However, anti-tumor activity in the extract of defatted seeds of O. biennis L. has not been defined thus far. In this study, we identified the major biochemical changes upon EPE treatment and investigated the functional relationship between these changes. We found that EPE-induced apoptosis in Ehrlich ascites tumor cells as evidenced by morphological changes. Furthermore, our results demonstrated rapid increase of intracellular peroxides levels, loss of mitochondrial membrane potential and the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria to cytosol. These results suggest that the rapid increase of intracellular peroxides levels after addition of EPE triggers off induction of apoptosis.
journal_name
Chem Biol Interactjournal_title
Chemico-biological interactionsauthors
Arimura T,Kojima-Yuasa A,Watanabe S,Suzuki M,Kennedy DO,Matsui-Yuasa Idoi
10.1016/s0009-2797(03)00060-7subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2003-06-15 00:00:00pages
337-47issue
3eissn
0009-2797issn
1872-7786pii
S0009279703000607journal_volume
145pub_type
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