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    Screening of Chonemorpha fragrans Bioactive Extracts for Cytotoxicity Potential and Inhibition Studies of Key Enzymes Involved in Replication

    Pradnya Prakash Kedari1, Nutan Padmanabh Malpathak1★★ Corresponding author

    1. 1Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

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    Nutan Padmanabh Malpathak

    Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

    mpathak@unipune.ac.in

    Received: 19-11-2015; Revised: 28-12-2015; Accepted: 28-12-2015.

    Volume 12, Issue 46s · pp. S297–302 · PUBLISHED 7 July 2016 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.185708

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    Background: Chonemorpha fragrans (Moon) Alston, a liana belonging to family Apocynaceae, is used in traditional medicinal systems for the treatment of various ailments. It is an unexplored medicinal plant with respect to its anticancer potential. Objective: Cytotoxicity of sequential as well as crude extracts of in vivo plant parts (leaves, bark, and roots), in vitro cultures, and callus were compared. Materials and Methods: 3‑(4,5‑dimethylthiazol‑2‑yl)‑2,5‑diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) cell proliferation assay was used to compare the extracts of various in vivo plant parts (leaves, bark, and roots) along with in vitro culture systems (in vitro plantlets, callus). Furthermore, the extracts were used to evaluate inhibition of key enzymes involved in replication, i.e. topoisomerase (Topo) I and II, DNA polymerase, to check the probable mechanism of action for this cytotoxicity. Results: MTT assay showed that the chloroform extract of callus has potent anticancer potential. The plant has a promising anticancer activity against human colon epithelium, lung carcinoma, and epidermoidal carcinoma cell lines. It was found to possess Topo as well as DNA polymerase inhibitory activity. Conclusion: The results have pointed toward pharmaceutical importance of this plant. This study is the first report of exploring the antiproliferative potential as well as inhibition studies of key enzymes involved in replication, which was useful to point out probable mechanism of action for extracts of C. fragrans.

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      Kedari, P. P., & Malpathak, N. P. (2016). Screening of Chonemorpha fragrans Bioactive Extracts for Cytotoxicity Potential and Inhibition Studies of Key Enzymes Involved in Replication. Pharmacognosy Magazine, 12(46s), S297–302. https://doi.org/10.4103/0973-1296.185708