Anticancer effects of gallic acid isolated from Indonesian herbal medicine, Phaleria macrocarpa (Scheff.) Boerl, on human cancer cell lines

  • Authors:
    • A. Faried
    • D. Kurnia
    • L. S. Faried
    • N. Usman
    • T. Miyazaki
    • H. Kato
    • H. Kuwano
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  • Published online on: March 1, 2007     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.30.3.605
  • Pages: 605-613
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Abstract

The natural antioxidant gallic acid (GA) was isolated from fruits of a medicinal Indonesian plant, Phaleria macrocarpa (Scheff.) Boerl. The structure was identified on the basis of spectroscopic analysis and comparison with authentic compound. GA demonstrated a significant inhibition of cell proliferation in a series of cancer cell lines and induced apoptosis in esophageal cancer cells (TE-2) but not in non-cancerous cells (CHEK-1). Observation of the molecular mechanism of apoptosis showed that GA up-regulated the pro-apoptosis protein, Bax, and induced caspase-cascade activity in cancer cells. On the other hand, GA down-regulated anti-apoptosis proteins such as Bcl-2 and Xiap. In addition, GA also induced down-regulation of the survival Akt/mTOR pathway. In non-cancerous cells, we observed delayed expression of pro-apoptosis related proteins. Our results suggest that GA might be a potential anticancer compound. However, in depth in vivo studies are needed to elucidate the exact mechanism.

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Faried A, Kurnia D, Faried LS, Usman N, Miyazaki T, Kato H and Kuwano H: Anticancer effects of gallic acid isolated from Indonesian herbal medicine, Phaleria macrocarpa (Scheff.) Boerl, on human cancer cell lines. Int J Oncol 30: 605-613, 2007.
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Faried, A., Kurnia, D., Faried, L.S., Usman, N., Miyazaki, T., Kato, H., & Kuwano, H. (2007). Anticancer effects of gallic acid isolated from Indonesian herbal medicine, Phaleria macrocarpa (Scheff.) Boerl, on human cancer cell lines. International Journal of Oncology, 30, 605-613. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.30.3.605
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Faried, A., Kurnia, D., Faried, L. S., Usman, N., Miyazaki, T., Kato, H., Kuwano, H."Anticancer effects of gallic acid isolated from Indonesian herbal medicine, Phaleria macrocarpa (Scheff.) Boerl, on human cancer cell lines". International Journal of Oncology 30.3 (2007): 605-613.
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Faried, A., Kurnia, D., Faried, L. S., Usman, N., Miyazaki, T., Kato, H., Kuwano, H."Anticancer effects of gallic acid isolated from Indonesian herbal medicine, Phaleria macrocarpa (Scheff.) Boerl, on human cancer cell lines". International Journal of Oncology 30, no. 3 (2007): 605-613. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.30.3.605