| Autor: |
Arung ET, Kusuma IW, Purwatiningsih S, Roh S, Yang CH, Jeon S, Kim Y, Sukaton E, Susilo J, Astuti Y, Wicaksono BD, Sandra F, Shimizu K, Kondo R |
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Journal of Acupuncture & Meridian Studies; Dec2009, Vol. 2 Issue 4, p306-308, 3p |
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We investigated the leaves of Kleinhovia hospita, a plant which has been traditionally used in Indonesia as phytotherapy to cure liver disease, to describe antioxidant materials from plant sources. K. hospita leaves were extracted with methanol and further partitioned into n-hexane, diethyl ether, and ethyl acetate. The antioxidant activity of each fraction and the residue was assessed using a 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging method and their cytotoxicity on HepG2 liver cancer cells was determined by a MTT assay. The K. hospita leaf methanol extract showed strong antioxidant activity (96%) compared with vitamin C (98%) by the DPPH method and the measured activity from the subsequent extracts of the methanol extract were 48.9% for n-hexane, 74.0% for diethyl ether, 84.3% for ethyl acetate, and 77.1% for the residue. The MTT assay showed the cytotoxicity of the methanol extract on HepG2 cells at 14%, 76%, and 80% at concentrations of 50µg/mL, 87.5µg/mL, and 125µg/mL, respectively. Leaf extracts of the medicinal plant K. hospita showed potent antioxidant activity and moderate cytotoxicity on HepG2 liver cancer cells. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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