Anugrah Narayan College, Patna, Bihar, India.
Research Centre, Mahavir Cancer Sansthan and Research Centre, Patna, Bihar, 801505, India.
Sci Rep. 2020 Oct 22;10(1):18016. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-72935-2.
Breast cancer is among most common form of cancer worldwide. It is also the major cause of death in female cancer patient around the world. Despite various therapeutic measures, it remains associated with high mortality rate. Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa has been extensively used in Indian medicine system Ayurveda, due to its various medicinal properties. However, there are very limited reports regarding its anticancer activity. Thus, the present research work has been aimed to study the anticancer activity of Aegle marmelos fruit extract on 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA) induced breast cancer in rats. Female Charles Foster rats, 55-60 days old weighing around (150 ± 10 g) were used for the study and were induced DMBA (20 mg/mL dissolved in Olive oil) orally. After the development of breast tumors (about 0.5 cm), the rats were treated with Aegle marmelos ethanolic fruit pulp extract (200 mg/kg b.w./day) orally for 5 weeks and then volume of tumor was measured. Aegle marmelos treatment showed significantly reduced mammary tumor volume (P < 0.05), along with significant reduction (P < 0.0001) in the different serum biomarkers such as TNF-α level, serum malondialdehyde (MDA) level and glucose levels. Significant (P < 0.0001) improvement in both, the kidney and liver serum biomarker parameters were also observed after the treatment with Aegle marmelos ethanolic fruit pulp extract. From the entire study, taking everything into account it can be interpreted that Aegle marmelos ethanolic fruit pulp extract possesses anti-proliferative activity by suppressing the progression of breast tumors in rat model. The plant extract also possesses hepato-renal protective effect. Hence, it can be targeted as novel and safe anti-cancer drug against breast cancer.
乳腺癌是全球最常见的癌症之一。它也是全球女性癌症患者死亡的主要原因。尽管采取了各种治疗措施,但它仍然与高死亡率相关。酸橙(Aegle marmelos(L.)Correa)在印度医学体系阿育吠陀中被广泛使用,因为它具有多种药用特性。然而,关于其抗癌活性的报道非常有限。因此,本研究旨在研究酸橙果实提取物对 7,12-二甲基苯并(a)蒽(DMBA)诱导的大鼠乳腺癌的抗癌活性。使用 55-60 天大、体重约(150±10g)的雌性查尔斯福斯特大鼠进行研究,并通过口服给予 DMBA(溶于橄榄油中的 20mg/mL)进行诱导。在乳腺肿瘤(约 0.5cm)形成后,大鼠通过口服给予酸橙乙醇果肉提取物(200mg/kg b.w./天)进行 5 周治疗,然后测量肿瘤体积。酸橙治疗显著降低了乳腺肿瘤体积(P<0.05),同时显著降低了不同血清生物标志物的水平,如 TNF-α 水平、血清丙二醛(MDA)水平和葡萄糖水平(P<0.0001)。用酸橙乙醇果肉提取物治疗后,还观察到肾脏和肝脏血清生物标志物参数的显著改善(P<0.0001)。综合所有研究结果可以看出,酸橙乙醇果肉提取物通过抑制大鼠模型中乳腺肿瘤的进展具有抗增殖活性。植物提取物还具有肝肾功能保护作用。因此,它可以作为针对乳腺癌的新型安全抗癌药物进行研究。