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| Content Provider | Springer Nature Link |
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| Author | Valentová, K. Buckiová, D. Křen, V. Pěknicová, J. Ulrichová, J. Šimánek, V. |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Abstract | The biological activity of methanolic and aqueous extracts from dehydrated hypocotyls of Lepidium meyenii (Brassicaceae, vernacular name “maca”), was studied on rat hepatocytes and human breast cancer MCF-7 cells. The extracts did not exhibit cytotoxicity in hepatocyte primary cultures up to 10 mg/ml as measured by the MTT viability test, and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) leakage. Moreover, after 72 h, extracts inhibited LDH and AST leakage from the hepatocytes. When hepatocytes were intoxicated by t-butyl hydroperoxide, neither extract prevented oxidative damage. Both extracts showed weak antioxidant activity in the DPPH radical scavenging test with IC50 values of 3.46 ± 0.16 and 0.71 ± 0.10 mg/ml, for aqueous and methanolic extracts, respectively. Thus, the observed effect on spontaneous enzyme leakage is probably mediated through mechanisms other than antioxidant activity. Both methanolic and aqueous extracts have shown estrogenic activity comparable with that of silymarin in MCF-7 cell line. Maca estrogenicity was exhibited in the range from 100 to 200 μg of extract per ml. The findings in the present study show that maca does not display in vitro hepatotoxicity. In contrast, a slight cytoprotective effect, probably not mediated by antioxidant capacity, was noted. Maca extracts exhibited estrogenic activity comparably to the effect of silymarin in MCF-7 cells. |
| Starting Page | 91 |
| Ending Page | 99 |
| Page Count | 9 |
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| ISSN | 07422091 |
| Journal | Cell Biology and Toxicology |
| Volume Number | 22 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| e-ISSN | 15736822 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers |
| Publisher Date | 2006-03-09 |
| Publisher Place | Dordrecht |
| Access Restriction | Subscribed |
| Subject Keyword | Lepidium meyenii maca DPPH rat hepatocyte MCF-7 estrogenicity Pharmacology/Toxicology Biochemistry Cell Biology |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Cell Biology Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Toxicology |
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