Spartium junceum Aromatic Water: Chemical Composition and Antitumor activity

作者：Cerchiara Teresa^*; Straface Serafina V; Chidichimo Giuseppe; Belsito Emilia L; Liguori Angelo; Luppi Barbara; Bigucci Federica; Zecchi Vittorio

来源：Natural Product Communications, 2012, 7(1): 137-140.

• Spartium junceum L.
• Aromatic water
• Antitumor activity
• Cell morphology

The purpose of this study was to analyse the chemical composition of Spartium junceum L. (also known as Spanish Broom) aromatic water and to evaluate its cytotoxic activity against a series of human cancer cell lines (melanoma: RPMI 7932; leukemia: K562; breast cancer cell: MCF7-Bart and MCF7-ICLC, colon adenocarcinoma: SW480). The results show that the aromatic water was cytotoxic toward the tumor cell lines analyzed (RPMI 7932, K562, MCF7-Bart, MCF7-ICLC, SW480), while it did not appreciably alter the viability of normal keratinocytes (NCTC 2544) suggesting its potential use as an antitumor agent for cancer treatment and/or prevention.

• 出版日期2012-1