Cytotoxic Activity of Wild Plant and Callus Extracts of Ageratina pichinchensis and 2,3-Dihydrobenzofuran Isolated from a Callus Culture

• Published in: Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 16; no. 10; p. 1400
• Main Authors: Sánchez-Ramos, Mariana, Encarnación-García, José Guillermo, Marquina-Bahena, Silvia, Sánchez-Carranza, Jessica Nayelli, Bernabé-Antonio, Antonio, Domínguez-Villegas, Valeri, Cabañas-García, Emmanuel, Cruz-Sosa, Francisco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 03-10-2023; MDPI
• Subjects: 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran; Antioxidants; Cancer therapies; Cell cycle; cervical cancer; Chemotherapy; cytotoxic activity; Cytotoxicity; Flowers & plants; Herbal medicine; Leaves; Phytochemicals; Prostate; Mexico; cervical cancer; 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran; cytotoxic activity
• ISSN: 1424-8247; 1424-8247
• DOI: 10.3390/ph16101400

(Kunth) R.M. King & H. Rob. belongs to the Asteraceae family and is a plant native to Mexico to which several biological properties are attributed. In this study, the cytotoxic effect of four extracts from the wild plants and two extracts from
callus culture were evaluated against carcinogenic cell lines including prostate carcinoma, cervical cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatoma human, lung cancer, and cellular keratinocytes. The extracts were obtained with ethyl acetate and methanol using both leaves and stems or the callus. Only the ethyl acetate extract of the callus culture influenced the cervical cancer cell line (HeLa) with an IC
of 94.79 ± 2.0 µg/mL. From the ethyl acetate callus extract, 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran was isolated and purified and also evaluated against cancer cells. The cytotoxic evaluation of this compound showed a significant effect against the HeLa cell line with an IC
of 23.86 ± 2.5 µg/mL. Our results contribute to the development of biotechnological alternatives and extraction processes to produce compounds with possible potential against certain types of human cancer.