The Comparison of Anticancer Activity of Thymoquinone and Nanothymoquinone on Human Breast Adenocarcinoma
| Author | Hossein Dehghani | en |
| Author | Mehrdad Hashemi | en |
| Author | Maliheh Entezari | en |
| Author | Afshin Mohsenifar | en |
| Issued Date | 2015-04-30 | en |
| Abstract | Cancer is one of the main causes of mortality in the world which is created by the effect of enviromental physico-chemical mutagen and carcinogen agents. The identification of new cytotoxic drugs with low side effects on immune system has developed as important area in new studies of pharmacology. Thymoquinone (TQ), derived from the medicinal spice Nigella sativa (also calledt black cumin) exhibit anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer activities. In this study we employed nanogel-based nanoparticle approach to improve upon its effectiveness. Myristic acid-chitosan (MA-chitosan) nanogels were prepared by the technique of self-assembly. Thymoquinone was loaded into the nanogels. The surface morphology of the prepared nanoparticles was determined using SEM and TEM. The other objective of this study was to examine the in-vitro cytotoxic activity of cell death of Thymoquinone and nanothymoquinone on human breast adenocarcinoma cell line (MCF7). Cytotoxicity and viability of Thymoquinone and nanothymoquinone were assessed by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) and dye exclusion assay. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.22037/ijpr.2015.1648 | en |
| Keyword | Anticancer activity | en |
| Keyword | Thymoquinone | en |
| Keyword | Nanothymoquinone | en |
| Keyword | MTT assay | en |
| Keyword | MCF7 cells | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | The Comparison of Anticancer Activity of Thymoquinone and Nanothymoquinone on Human Breast Adenocarcinoma | en |
| Type | Original Article | en |
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