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A novel anti-proliferative activity (EC50) of Pegaga (Centella Asiatica) extract through in vitro 3-D culture microenvironment
Syazwan Aizad1, Nadzirah Mohd KhairirI2, Badrul Hisham Yahaya3, Saiful Irwan Zubair4.
Centella asiatica or pegaga is one of the botanical plants that consists of many
phytochemicals and is known for being able to offer various effects on wound
healing, as well as functioning as an antioxidant and anticancer property.
Therefore, this study was carried out to determine the efficacy of Centella asiatica
water and alcohol-based extracts on the anti-proliferative activity of human lung
cancer cells (A549) and normal fibroblast (IMR90) by mean of in vitro 3-D cell culture
system. A porous 3-D scaffold was fabricated from poly(hydroxybutyrate-cohydroxyvalerate)
(PHBV) using solvent-casting particulate-leaching (SCPL) process.
Antioxidant analysis (total phenolic content (TPC), DPPH and FRAP assays) was
conducted prior to the 3-D cell culture study. The results showed that the extract
contained 7.50 ± 1.10 mg/ml of asiaticoside and 0.74 ± 0.24 mg/ml of
madecassoside. These bio-active compounds were believed to inhibit the
proliferation of cancer cells (A549). The availability of phenolic compounds in the
extract (TPC: 10133 ± 119.30 mg/100 g) had proven that the antioxidant properties
existed. Moreover, the other values obtained from the antioxidant analysis revealed
its capacity as a good source of antioxidant (DPPH: 87 ± 1.0%; FRAP: 127 ± 14.98
mg/100 g). Next, the lung cancer cells (A549) were cultured using a twodimensional
(2-D) system to generate the IC50 value of 5.75 ± 1.0 µg/ml. The A549
cell viability (MTS assay) after a 3-day incubation exhibited a good sign of mortality
for the both treated models ranging from 55% to 70% as compared to control one
(without treatment) (p>0.05). However, when the extract was exposed to a normal
fibroblast IMR90, the cell growth of the both treated models exhibited an almost 2-
fold greater cell numbers than that of the untreated models (p<0.05) indicating that
the extract did not possess any possible threat to a normal and healthy cell.
Therefore, the use of Centella asiatica extracts in terminating cancer cells has been
proven to be able to inhibit cell growth (greater than 40%) in just 3 days of
incubation.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
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