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Anticancer Agents Med Chem. 2019 03 25. Epub 2019 Mar 25. PMID: 30914034
Abstract Title:
Foeniculum vulgare and Pelargonium graveolens Essential Oil Mixture Trigger the Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis in MCF-7 Cells.
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) and rose geranium (Pelargonium graveolens) oils are known for their various biological effects including anticancer properties.OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the anticancer mechanism of fennel and geranium oils combined treatment on MCF-7 cells.METHODS: The GC-MS method for essential oil characterization as well as the in vitro cytotoxicity, morphological changes, real-time PCR and immunocytochemical investigation for apoptosis-related markers, in addition, to flow cytometric cell cycle distribution analysis were done.RESULTS: The major constituents of both essential oils were anethole (55.33 %) and estragole (11.57 %) for fennel essential oil. However, cintronellol (34.40 %) and geraniol (8.67 %) were identified in geranium oil. The results revealed an IC50 of 220±5.7 and 60±2.1µg/ml for fennel and geranium oils respectively. The mechanistic anticancer properties were investigated throughout the 70, 50, and 25µg/ml of oils mixture. The marked apoptotic morphology and the flow cytometric cell cycle distribution analysis in addition to the levels of apoptosis-related makers such as p53, caspase-3, mir-21, mir-92a, Bcl-2, and ki-67 confirmed that fennel and geranium oils combination induced cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in MCF-7 cells. Moreover, the oils mixture did not exert any significant (P
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