It has been reported that several conifers possess cytotoxic activities on some human tumor cell lines. Taxol as a natural cytotoxic compound has been extracted from this family. In a program to screen the cytotoxic effects of natural resources, male and female branchlets, fruit or bark of two different species of Iranian conifers were collected, identified and the cytotoxic effects of their hy...

sulfonamides are the first effective chemotherapeutic agents used for several years to cure or prevent systemic bacterial infections. in addition, this agents showed anti-carbonic anhydrase and cause cell cycle perturbation in the g1 phase, disruption of microtubule assembly, suppression of the transcription activator nf-y, angiogenesis and matrix metalloproteinase (mmp). in recent years, novel...

One of the emerging therapeutic strategies for targeted therapy of cancer is the use of chimeric proteins. The p28 peptide has the ability of selective entrance and activating apoptosis in breast cancer cells. The NRC antimicrobial peptide showed cytotoxic activity on various breast cancer including drug-resistant variants but also normal cell lines. Here we designed a chimeric protein consiste...

One of the emerging therapeutic strategies for targeted therapy of cancer is the use of chimeric proteins. The p28 peptide has the ability of selective entrance and activating apoptosis in breast cancer cells. The NRC antimicrobial peptide showed cytotoxic activity on various breast cancer including drug-resistant variants but also normal cell lines. Here we designed a chimeric protein consiste...

Background: Essential oils are found to have multiple active components which can show in vitro cytotoxic action against various cancerous cell lines. This study reports the in vitro cytotoxic effects of the essential oil from Artemisia absinthium L. (Asteraceae) growing wild in Iran. Methods: Water-distilled essential oil of A. absinthium collected from Ardabil, north-western Iran, was examin...

Background: Calprotectin is cytotoxic agent that its anti-tumor effects are governed through suppression of topoisomerase II a key enzyme in apoptosis. In previous studies, cytotoxicity and apoptotic effects of calprotectin are shown on different cancer cell lines, but not human gastric cancer cell lines. In the present study, cytotoxicity and apoptotic effects of calprotectin on human gastric ...

objective(s) the cytotoxic effects of crude ethanol extracts of some previously tested iranian conifers  on tumor cell lines have motivated us to screen different parts of two subspecies in these genus. materials and methods terminal branchlets and berries of juniperus excelsa subsp. excelsa and j. excelsa subsp. polycarpos were collected, dried and extracted with ethanol/h2o (80/20 v/v) via pe...

Cellular uptake of microcystins (MCs), a family of cyclic cyanobacterial heptapeptide toxins, occurs via specific organic anion transporting polypeptides (OATPs), where MCs inhibit serine/threonine-specific protein phosphatase (PP). Despite comparable PP-inhibitory capacity, MCs differ greatly in their acute toxicity, thus raising the question whether this discrepancy results from MC-specific t...

DNA–Protein cross-links (DPCs) are cytotoxic DNA lesions with a protein covalently bound to the DNA. Although much has been learned about formation, repair, and biological consequences of DPCs in nucleus, little is known regarding mitochondrial DPCs. This due part lack robust specific methods measure Herein, we reported an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)-based method for detecting for...

the medicinal plants have been used since ancient times and are still utilized by the majority of the population. hence, it is essential to investigate the cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of these plants. the aim of this study was to evaluate the toxic effects of fennel seeds decoctions, traditionally used in iran as an herbal remedy.  the cytotoxicity was tested in vitro using allium cepa l. r...