Dedifferentiation of leaf explants and antileukemia activity of an ethanolic extract of cell cultures of Moringa oleifera

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2746-2750

  Khalafalla, Mutasim M ^a   Dafalla, Hussein M ^a   Nassrallah, A ^b   Aboul Enein, Khalid M ^c   El Shemy, Hany A ^b   Abdellatef, Eltayb ^a  

^a Department of Medical Biotechnology   (Sudan)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antileukemia; Callus culture; Hepatocarcinoma; Moinga olifera

Indexed keywords

MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALLUS (PLANT); CELL CULTURE; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL KILLING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKEMIA CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF;

MORINGA OLEIFERA;

EID: 79954463102     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb10.2099     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Abdellatef E, Khalafalla MM (2008). Influence of growth regulators on callus induction from hypocotyls of medium staple cotton (Gossypium hirsutum l). cultivar Barac b -67. J. Soil Nat. 2(1): 17-22.
2. Abrams BD, Duncan D, Hertz-Piccioto I (1993). A prospective study of dietary intake and acquired immune deficiency syndrome in HIVsero- positive homosexual men. J. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 8: 949-958.
3. Alfermann AW, Petersen M (1995). Natural product formation by plant cell biotechnology. Plant Cell, Tissue Organ Cult. 43: 199-205.
4. Asres K (1995). The major constituents of the acetone fraction of Ethiopian Moringa stenopetala leave Mansoura. J. Pharmacol. Sci. 11(1): 55-64.
5. Bhatt KKS (1995). Medicinal Plant Information Databases. FAO-Food and Organisation of the United Nations Italy.
6. Booth FEM, Wicken GE (1988). Non- tomber uses of selected arid zone trees and shrubs in Africa. FAO Conservation Guide 19 Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization 176.
7. Bravo L (1988). Polyphenols: chemistry, dietary sources, metabolism, and nutritional significance. Nutr. Rev. 56: 317-333.
8. Chee PP (1990). High frequency of somatic embryogenesis and recovery of fertile cucumber plants. Hort. Sci. 25: 792-793.
9. Cheng JT (2000). Drug therapy in Chinese traditional medicine. J. Clin. Pharmacol. 40: 445-450.
10. El-Shemy HA, Aboul-Enein AM, Aboul-Enein KMI, Fujita K (2007). Willow leaves extracts contains anti-tumor agents effective against three cells types. PLoS ONE, 2(1): e178.
11. Evans DA, Sharp WR, Medina-Filho HP (1984). Somaclonal and gametoclonal variation. Am. J. Bot. 71: 759-774.
12. Fahey JW (2005). Moringa oleifera: A Review of the Medical Evidence for Its Nutritional, Therapeutic, and Prophylactic Properties. Part1. Trees Life J. 1: p. 5
13. Farnsworth NR (1991). Biological and phytochemical screening of plants. J. Pharmacol. Sci. 55: 225-276.
14. Fujita Y (1988). Industrial production of shikonin and berberine in: Bock G and Marsh J (Eds.). Applications of plant cell and tissue culture. John Wiley and Sons Ltd., Chichester, UK. pp. 228-235.
15. Fujita Y, Hara Y, Ogino T, Suga C (1981). Production of shikonin derivatives by cell suspension cultures of Lithospermum erythrorhizon. Plant Cell Rep. 1: 59-60.
16. Furmanowa M, Glowniak K (1997). Effect of picloram and methyl jasmonate on growth and taxane accumulation in callus culture of Taxus x media var. Hatfieldii. Plant Cell, Tissue Organ Cult. 49: 75-79.
17. Han SS, Keum YS, Seo HJ, Surh, YJ (2002). Curcumin suppresses activation of NF-κB and AP-1 induced by phorbol ester in cultured human promyelocytic leukemia cells. J. Biochem. Mol. Biol. 35: 337-342.
18. Hara Y, Morimoto T, Fujita Y (1987). Production of shikonin derivatives by cell suspension cultures. Plant Cell Rep. 6: 8-11.
19. Harbeck RJ, Hoffman AA, Redecker S, Biundo T, Kurnick J (1982). The isolation and functional activity of polymorphonuclear leukocytes and lymphocytes separated from whole blood on a single Percoll density gradient. Clin. J. Immunol. Immunopathol. 23: p. 682.
20. Ho W, Vasil IK (1983). Somatic embryogenesis in sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.). Growth and regeneration from embryogenic cell suspension cultures. Annu. Bot. 51: 719-726.
21. Hu FB, Stampfer MJ, Manson JE, Rimm E, Colditz GA, Rosner BA, Hennekens CH, Willett WC (1997). Dietary fat intake and the risk of coronary heart disease in women. Nutr. Engl. J. Med. 337: 1491-1499.
22. Jahn SA, Musnad HA, Burgstaller H (1986). The tree that purifies water: cultivating multipurpose Moringaceae in the Sudan. Unasylva, 38(2): 23-28.
23. Jaiswal VS, Naryan P (1985). Regeneration of plantlets from the callus of stem segment of adult plants of Fucus religosia L. Plant Cell Rep. 4: 256-258.
24. Khalafalla MM, Abdellatef E, Daffalla HM, Nassrallah AA, Aboul-Enein KM, Lightfoot DA, Cocchetto A, El-Shemy HA (2009). Antileukemia activity from root cultures of Vernonia amygdalina. J. Med. Plants Res. 3(8): 556-562.
25. Kupchan MS, Uchida I, Branfman AR, Caily RG, Yufei B (1976). Antileukemic principles isolated from Euphorbiaceae plants. Science, 191: 571-572.
26. Kuruvilla T, Komaraiah P, Ramakrishna SV (1999). Enhanced secretion of azadirachtin by permeabilized margosa (Azadirachta indica) cells. Indian J. Exp. Bot. 37: 89-91
27. Little EL, Wadsworth FH (1964). Common trees of Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands. Agric. Handbook. 249. Washimgto, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture. p. 548.
28. Mamun ANK, Islam R, Reza MA, Joadar OI (1996). In vitro differentiation of plantlet of tissue culture of Samonea saman. Plant Tissue Cult. 6: 1-5.
29. Morton JF (1991). The horseradish. Moringa pterygosperma (Moringaceae)-A boon arid lands? Econ. Bot. 45(3): 318- 333.
30. Murashige T, Skoog F (1962). Revised Medium for Rapid Growth and Bioassays with tobacco tissue culture. Physiologia Plantarum, 15: 473-479.
31. Nautiyal BP, Venhatarman KG (1987). Moringa (Drumstick)-An ideal tree for social forestry. 1: Growing conditions and uses. Myforest, 23(1): 53-58.
32. Prakash G, Bhojwani SS, Srivastava AK (2002). Production of azadirachtin from plant tissue culture-state of the art and future prospects. Biotechnol. Bioprocess Eng. 7:185-193.
33. Rao SR, Ravishankar GA (2002). Plant cell cultures: chemical factories of secondary metabolites. Biotechnol. Adv. 20: 101-153.
34. Ray RY, Tsou SCS, Lee TC, Chang LC, Kuo G, Lai PY (2006). Moringa, a novel plant rich in antioxidants, bioavailable iron and nutrients. In Wang M (ed). Herbs: Challenges in Chemistry and Biology of Herbs, Am. Chem. Soc. USA, pp. 224-239.
35. Renaud S, Lorgeril M (1992). Wine, alcohol, platelets, and the French paradox for coronary heart disease. Lancet, 339: 1523-1526.
36. Selvakumaran M, Pisarcik DA, Bao R, Yeung AT, Hamilton TC (2003). Enhanced cisplatin cytotoxicity by disturbing the nucleotide excision repair pathway in ovarian cancer cell lines. Cancer Res. 63: 1311-1316.
37. Srivastava P, Kasoju N, Bora U, Chaturvedi R (2009). Dedifferentiation of leaf explants and cytotoxic activity of an aqueous extract of cell cultures of Lantana camara L. Plant Cell, Tissue Organ Cult. 99: 1-7.
38. Verpoorte R (2000). Pharmacognosy in the new millennium: lead finding and biotechnology. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 52: 253-262.
39. Wewetzer A (1998). Callus cultures of Azadirachta indica and their potential for the production of azadirachtin. Phytoparasitica, 26: 47-52.
40. Zhao J, Hu Q, Guo YQ, Zhu WH (2001). Effects of stress factors, bioregulators, and synthetic precursors on indole alkaloid production in compact callus clusters cultures of Catharanthus roseus. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 55: 693-698.