Cytotoxcity Effects of Triphlorethol-A on Various Cancer Cells

  • Kang Kyoung-Ah (Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Cheju National University) ;
  • Zhang Rui (Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Cheju National University) ;
  • Piao Mei Jing (Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Cheju National University) ;
  • Lee Nam-Ho (Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Cheju National University) ;
  • Park So-Yoon (Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Cheju National University) ;
  • Hyun Jin-Won (Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Cheju National University)
  • Published : 2006.12.31

Abstract

Ecklonia cava is a brown alga(Laminariaceae) that is abundant in the subtidal regions of Jeju island in Korea. Phlorotannins were identified to be responsible for the biological activities in Ecklonia species. In the present study, triphlorethol-A, a phlorotannin, was isolated from Ecklonia cava and its anticancer properties were investigated. Triphlorethol-A was investigated whether it may show cytotoxicity effects against U937, HeLa, NCI-H460 and MCF-7 cancer cells by MTT test. As a result, triphlorethol-A did not show cytotoxic effects against tested four cell lines.

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