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Multi-criteria decision analysis with goal programming in engineering, management and social sciences: a state-of-the art review
Inspired by Nature: The use of Plant-derived Substrate/Enzyme Combinations to Generate Antimicrobial Activity in situ
Portfolio Selection and Optimization with Higher Moments: Evidence from the Indian Stock Market
Antiproliferative activity of chloroformic extract of Persian Shallot, Allium hirtifolium, on tumor cell lines
Allium hirtifolim (Persian Shallot) belongs to Allium genus (Alliaceae family). We investigated the in vitro effects of chloroformic extract of A. hirtifolium and its Allicin on the proliferation of HeLa (cervical cancer), MCF7 (human, caucasion, breast, adenocarcinoma) and L929 (mouse, C3H/An, connective) cell lines. Our results showed that components of A. hirtifolium might inhibit proliferation of tumor cell lines. This inhibition in HeLa and MCF-7 cells was dose-dependent. The presence of Allicin was evaluated by TLC method in bulbs and the extract of A. hirtifolium was analyzed by HPLC. MTT test was performed 24, 48 and 72 h after cell culture. A significant decrease in cell lines was observed in HeLa and MCF-7 as compared to L929 cell lines. DNA fragmentation analysis revealed a large number of apoptotic cells in treated HeLa and MCF-7 cell groups, but no effects in L929 cells. Therefore A. hirtifolium might be a candidate for tumor suppression