Inhibition of DNA synthesis by carvacrol in mouse myoblast cells bearing a human N-RAS oncogene

Zeytinoglu H., Incesu Z., Baser K.

PHYTOMEDICINE, cilt.10, sa.4, ss.292-299, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 10 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2003
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1078/094471103322004785
  • Dergi Adı: PHYTOMEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.292-299
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Monoterpenes are dietary components found in the essential oils of a wide variety of plants. A number of these monoterpenes have antitumor activity. We have investigated the effects of carvacrol obtained by fractional distillation of Origanum onites L. essential oil, on DNA synthesis of N-ras transformed myoblast cells, CO25. Incubation of the cells with different doses of carvacrol prevented DNA synthesis in the growth medium and ras-activating medium, which contains dexamethasone. This result demonstrates that carvacrol inhibits growth of myoblast cells even after activation of mutated N-ras oncogene, suggesting the possibility that carvacrol may find application in cancer therapy.