Pomegranate (Punica granatum) pure chemicals show possible synergistic inhibition of human PC-3 prostate cancer cell invasion across Matrigel.

Abstract

Four pure chemicals, ellagic acid (E), caffeic acid (C), luteolin (L) and punicic acid (P), all important components of the aqueous compartments or oily compartment of pomegranate fruit (Punica granatum), and each belonging to different representative chemical classes and showing known anticancer activities, were tested as potential inhibitors of in vitro invasion of human PC-3 prostate cancer cells in an assay employing Matrigel artificial membranes. All compounds significantly inhibited invasion when employed individually. When C, P, and L were equally combined at the same gross dosage (4 microg/ml) as when the compounds were tested individually, a supradditive inhibition of invasion was observed, measured by the Kruskal-Wallis non-parametric test.

• Authors: Ephraim Philip Lansky, Gregory Harrison, Paul Froom, Wen G Jiang
• Journal: Investigational new drugs (Invest New Drugs) Vol. 23 Issue 2 Pg. 121-2 (Mar 2005) ISSN: 0167-6997 [Print] United States
• PMID: 15744587 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Plant Extracts

Topics

• Drug Synergism
• Fruit
• Humans
• Lythraceae
• Male
• Phytotherapy
• Plant Extracts (chemistry, therapeutic use)
• Prostatic Neoplasms (drug therapy)
• Tumor Cells, Cultured (drug effects)