Effects of . root extract on AGS human gastric cancer cell-line.

One of the cancer-related deaths is gastric cancer in this area. roots have been used as an antiseptic and anti-inflammatory for wound healing treatment. The aim of this study was to assess the cytotoxic and anticancer effects of . roots from the Golestan province of Iran. After identification of the taxonomical effect of different concentrations of the hydroalcoholic root extract were used. Three different time periods (24, 48, and 72 h) were used to treat AGS gastric cancer and L-929 normal fibroblasts cell lines. The evaluation of different concentrations of root extract was performed by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. The 48 h treatment affected cell survival, while the concentration of 64 μg/mL was determined as IC concentrations at 48 h incubation time. The 48 h incubation time with 64 μg/mL showed the best effectiveness on cancerous cell-line while being safe for normal cell-line. Our results show that roots extract may have cytotoxic and safe effects on gastric cancer cell-line and normal cells in 48 h treatment periods, respectively. The results indicated the may be as an effective anticancer agent (gastric cancer).