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Bamboo salt is a traditional Korean baked solar salt processed by packing the solar salt in bamboo joint cases and heating it several times to high temperatures. The antimutagenic activity and in vitro anticancer effects of bamboo salt on HepG2 human hepatoma cells were investigated and compared to those of other salt samples. Although solar salt and purified salt exhibited comutagenicity with N-methyl-N%26apos;-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) in the Salmonella typhimurium TA100 strain, bamboo salt was associated with a lower degree of comutagenicity or antimutagenic activity. Bamboo salt baked nine times (9x) showed a greater increase in antimutagenic activity than salts baked once (1x) or three times (3x). At a concentration of 1%, the growth rate of HepG2 cells treated with 9x bamboo salt determined by a 3-(4,5-dimethy1-2-thiazoly1)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay was reduced by 65%; this rate of inhibition was higher than that achieved with 1x baked bamboo salt (40%). Purified and solar salts had relatively lower inhibitory effects on growth rate (25% and 29%, respectively). Compared to the other salt samples, 9x bamboo salt significantly (p%26lt;0.05) induced apoptosis as determined by 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) staining and flow cytometry analysis. It also upregulated the expression of Bax, caspase-9 and caspase-3; and downregulated Bcl-2 expression. The bamboo salts, especially 9x bamboo salt, also significantly (p%26lt;0.05) downregulated the expression of inflammation-related NF-kappa B, iNOS, and COX-2, and upregulated the gene expression of I kappa B-alpha compared to the other salt sample.
- 出版日期2013
- 单位重庆第二师范学院
