Antiproliferative activity of coumarin and cinnamon water extracts on human ovarian cancer cells

Coumarin is one of the important compounds of cinnamon which possess many biological activities such as anticoagulation, antithrombotic, antimicrobial and anti-oxidant activities. This study was performed to demonstrate the presence of coumarin in cinnamon stem bark through chromatographic fractiona...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, Rabiatul Adawiyah, Sayid Abdullah, Sharifah H. A., Serati-Nouri, Hamed, Abd. Majid, Fadzilah Adibah, Sarmidi, Mohamad Roji, Abdul Aziz, Ramlan
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Published: Colegio de Farmaceuticos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires 2014
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spelling my.utm.518792018-11-09T08:29:35Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/51879/ Antiproliferative activity of coumarin and cinnamon water extracts on human ovarian cancer cells Ahmad, Rabiatul Adawiyah Sayid Abdullah, Sharifah H. A. Serati-Nouri, Hamed Abd. Majid, Fadzilah Adibah Sarmidi, Mohamad Roji Abdul Aziz, Ramlan TP Chemical technology Coumarin is one of the important compounds of cinnamon which possess many biological activities such as anticoagulation, antithrombotic, antimicrobial and anti-oxidant activities. This study was performed to demonstrate the presence of coumarin in cinnamon stem bark through chromatographic fractionation and exploring the potential anticancer properties of cinnamon extract on human ovarian epithelial carcinoma cell line A2780. Water and solvent extraction, chromatographic fractionation and isolation were done for dried cinnamon. The structure of the isolated compound 1 was elucidated by spectroscopic methods. Separation and quantification of compound 1 in cinnamon water extracts were carried out by HPLC. Identification of the compound 1 was achieved by comparing retention times and UV spectra with the standard curve. Cytotoxicity analysis was performed using MTT assay in which A2780 cells were exposed to different concentrations of cinnamon water extract and compound 1. Compound 1 was identified as coumarin by its spectroscopic data. Both cinnamon water extracts and coumarin inhibit the proliferation of A2780 cells in vitro with 50% inhibitory concentration values of 9.1 and 0.64 mg/mL, respectively. The results showed coumarin alone manifested higher growth inhibition than cinnamon water extract toward A2780 cells. The smaller inhibitory effect of cinnamon water extract can be attributed to the presence of a lower concentration of coumarin in the cinnamon water extract and anti-proliferative property in cinnamon due to coumarin presence may be owing to the synergistic effect of the other compound in cinnamon Colegio de Farmaceuticos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires 2014 Article PeerReviewed Ahmad, Rabiatul Adawiyah and Sayid Abdullah, Sharifah H. A. and Serati-Nouri, Hamed and Abd. Majid, Fadzilah Adibah and Sarmidi, Mohamad Roji and Abdul Aziz, Ramlan (2014) Antiproliferative activity of coumarin and cinnamon water extracts on human ovarian cancer cells. Latin American Journal of Pharmacy, 33 (6). pp. 960-965. ISSN 0326-2383 http://www.latamjpharm.org/
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Ahmad, Rabiatul Adawiyah
Sayid Abdullah, Sharifah H. A.
Serati-Nouri, Hamed
Abd. Majid, Fadzilah Adibah
Sarmidi, Mohamad Roji
Abdul Aziz, Ramlan
Antiproliferative activity of coumarin and cinnamon water extracts on human ovarian cancer cells
description Coumarin is one of the important compounds of cinnamon which possess many biological activities such as anticoagulation, antithrombotic, antimicrobial and anti-oxidant activities. This study was performed to demonstrate the presence of coumarin in cinnamon stem bark through chromatographic fractionation and exploring the potential anticancer properties of cinnamon extract on human ovarian epithelial carcinoma cell line A2780. Water and solvent extraction, chromatographic fractionation and isolation were done for dried cinnamon. The structure of the isolated compound 1 was elucidated by spectroscopic methods. Separation and quantification of compound 1 in cinnamon water extracts were carried out by HPLC. Identification of the compound 1 was achieved by comparing retention times and UV spectra with the standard curve. Cytotoxicity analysis was performed using MTT assay in which A2780 cells were exposed to different concentrations of cinnamon water extract and compound 1. Compound 1 was identified as coumarin by its spectroscopic data. Both cinnamon water extracts and coumarin inhibit the proliferation of A2780 cells in vitro with 50% inhibitory concentration values of 9.1 and 0.64 mg/mL, respectively. The results showed coumarin alone manifested higher growth inhibition than cinnamon water extract toward A2780 cells. The smaller inhibitory effect of cinnamon water extract can be attributed to the presence of a lower concentration of coumarin in the cinnamon water extract and anti-proliferative property in cinnamon due to coumarin presence may be owing to the synergistic effect of the other compound in cinnamon
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author Ahmad, Rabiatul Adawiyah
Sayid Abdullah, Sharifah H. A.
Serati-Nouri, Hamed
Abd. Majid, Fadzilah Adibah
Sarmidi, Mohamad Roji
Abdul Aziz, Ramlan
author_facet Ahmad, Rabiatul Adawiyah
Sayid Abdullah, Sharifah H. A.
Serati-Nouri, Hamed
Abd. Majid, Fadzilah Adibah
Sarmidi, Mohamad Roji
Abdul Aziz, Ramlan
author_sort Ahmad, Rabiatul Adawiyah
title Antiproliferative activity of coumarin and cinnamon water extracts on human ovarian cancer cells
title_short Antiproliferative activity of coumarin and cinnamon water extracts on human ovarian cancer cells
title_full Antiproliferative activity of coumarin and cinnamon water extracts on human ovarian cancer cells
title_fullStr Antiproliferative activity of coumarin and cinnamon water extracts on human ovarian cancer cells
title_full_unstemmed Antiproliferative activity of coumarin and cinnamon water extracts on human ovarian cancer cells
title_sort antiproliferative activity of coumarin and cinnamon water extracts on human ovarian cancer cells
publisher Colegio de Farmaceuticos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
publishDate 2014
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/51879/
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