Abstract
The essential oil of Tanacetum gracile (Accession no. AT-01 termed AT-01 in the manuscript), a cold desert alpine highly
aromatic herb, has 40 constituents including lavendulol (21.5 %), lavendulol acetate
(1.7 %), α-pinene (11.2 %), 1,8-cineole (15.2 %), cis-β-ocimene (6.9 %), borneol (6.1 %), limonene (5.1 %) and chamazulene (3.7 %). AT-01
was evaluated for its anticancer activity. It inhibited HL-60 cell proliferation with
an IC50 of 27 μg/mL. Furthermore, AT-01 induced apoptosis in human leukemia HL-60 cells as
measured by several biological end points. AT-01 induced apoptotic body formation,
enhanced annexinV-FITC binding of the cells, increased sub-G0 DNA fraction, loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (Δψmt) and release of cytochrome c from mitochondria, activated caspase-9 as well as caspase-3,
and increased cleavage of PARP in HL-60 cells. Thus, AT-01 induced apoptosis through
the mitochondrial dependant pathway in HL-60 cells.
Key words
Tanacetum gracile
- Asteraceae - apoptosis - essential oil - cytotoxicity - HL-60
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Shashank K. Singh
Division of Pharmacology
Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine
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