Anticancer and antithrombin activity of Russian plants

J Ethnopharmacol. 2002 Aug;81(3):337-42. doi: 10.1016/s0378-8741(02)00116-2.

Abstract

A chromogenic bioassay was utilized to determine the antithrombin activity of the methylene chloride and methanol extracts prepared from forty-five plants of Russia. Mouse leukemia cells (L1210) were utilized to screen these extracts for activity against cancer. The results indicated that eight plant extracts demonstrated 90% or higher activity in the inhibition of thrombin. Also, nine methanol extracts demonstrated activity of 90% or higher in the inhibition of mouse leukemia L1210 cells. The methanol extracts of Quercus robur and Sanguisorba officinalis demonstrated high activity against both thrombin and cancer.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anticoagulants / pharmacology*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology*
  • Leukemia / pathology*
  • Methanol
  • Methylene Chloride
  • Mice
  • Phytotherapy
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Plants, Medicinal / classification
  • Russia
  • Thrombin / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Thrombin / metabolism
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Plant Extracts
  • Methylene Chloride
  • Thrombin
  • Methanol