The effect of ethanolic extract of Thymus kotschyanus on cancer cell growth in vitro and depression-like behavior in the mouse

10.1016/j.jtcme.2017.03.003

Mohammad-Hossein Doosti；Kazem Ahmadi；Mahdi Fasihi-Ramandi

Thymus kotschyanus ； Depression ； Lung cancer ； Cervical cancer ； Mice

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine

8卷1期（2018 / 01 / 01）

89 - 94

英文

Cancer and depression are known as two of the most debilitating disease and disorder increasing evidence suggest an urgent need for new therapeutic agents with lower toxicity and high efficacy. Some Thyme species extracts have remarkably been shown to positively affect depression and cancer cells. In the present study, we investigated the effect of Thymus kotschyanus on depression and cancer cells. To this end, in experiment 1, NMRI mice were treated orally with the ethanolic extract of T. kotschyanus (50, 150 and 250 mg/ml) for seven days and then depression-like behavior was measured by Forced Swim Test (FST) and Tail Suspension Test (TST). In experiment 2, the pharmacological effect of the extract on the lung (A549) and cervical (Hela) cancer cell lines was also evaluated by MTT (3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol- 2-Yl)-2,5-Diphenyltetrazolium Bromide) in various concentration_(10, 5, 2.5, 1.25, 0.63, 0.31, 0.15 and 0.08 mg/ml). The results indicated that T. kotschyanus extract treatment (150 and 250 mg/kg) decreased depression-like behavior in the FST and TST tests in adult mice. Moreover, the treatment inhibited cancer cell growth and viability in a dose and time-dependent manner. Collectively these findings suggest that T. kotschyanus have antidepressant and anticancer effects.

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