effect of lentinan in induction of apoptosis on gastric adenocarcinoma cells

background gastric cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death worldwide. lentinan was shown to induce apoptosis in gastric cancer cells and could be used for the treatment of gastric cancer. objectives in this study, we analyzed anticancer effect of lentinan, a fungal β-glucan, on the gastric adenocarcinoma cell line (ags). materials and methods we used the dna ladder and tunnel approaches to evaluate the apoptotic effect of lentinan on the ags cell. results evaluation of apoptosis by apoptotic dna ladder in lentinan treated and untreated ags cells by dna laddering and fragmentation, and tunel tests confirmed that application lentinan caused a significant increase in apoptosis in the ags cell line. conclusions treatment of human gastric adenocarcinoma cell line with lentinan can offer a possible approach to counteract the human gastric adenocarcinoma cells, thus can be applied in a combination with the routine gastric cancer therapy drugs.