Title : Evaluation of cytotoxicity and anticarcinogenic potential of Mentha leaf extracts.

Pub. Date : 2011 Mar

PMID : 21300767






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1 Of all the extracts tested, chloroform and ethyl acetate extracts of M piperita showed significant dose- and time-dependent anticarcinogenic activity leading to G1 cell cycle arrest and mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis, perturbation of oxidative balance, upregulation of Bax gene, elevated expression of p53 and p21 in the treated cells, acquisition of senescence phenotype, while inducing pro-inflammatory cytokines response. ethyl acetate tumor protein p53 Homo sapiens