Chemical analysis and anti-proliferative activity of Campania Thymus Vulgaris essential oil

被引:21
作者
Catauro, Michelina [1 ]
Bollino, Flavia [1 ]
Tranquillo, Elisabetta [1 ]
Sapio, Luigi [2 ]
Illiano, Michela [2 ]
Caiafa, Ilaria [2 ]
Naviglio, Silvio [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Naples 2, Dept Ind & Informat Engn, Aversa, Italy
[2] Univ Naples 2, Sch Med, Dept Biochem Biophys & Gen Pathol, Naples, Italy
关键词
Thymus vulgaris L; essential oil; anti-proliferative activity; human osteosarcoma cells; pancreatic cancer cells; IN-VITRO; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; INORGANIC-PHOSPHATE; ANTITUMOR-ACTIVITY; DOWN-REGULATION; L; ANTIOXIDANT; PLANTS; GROWTH; WILD;
D O I
10.1080/10412905.2017.1351405
中图分类号
O69 [应用化学];
学科分类号
081704 ;
摘要
In this study, the potential antitumor activity of an essential oil (EO) obtained from Thymus vulgaris L. plants cultivated in Campania (Southern Italy) was evaluated. The gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy were used to investigate the chemical composition of EO. The monoterpenes thymol, p-cymene and carvacrol are the more abundant compounds detected. The anti-proliferative activity of the EO as a function of dose and time of exposure was evaluated by MTT assay on human osteosarcoma U2OS and pancreatic cancer PANC-1 cell lines. EO inhibits proliferation of both cell lines, but the effect on PANC-1 cells was more extensive. Flow cytometry and Western blot analyses revealed that the anti-proliferative effect is due to a decrease of cells in the S phase and their accumulation in the G1 phase, associated with the decrease of cyclin A and the increase of cell cycle inhibitor p27 protein levels, respectively.
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页码:461 / 470
页数:10
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