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pharmaceuticals
MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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Pharmaceuticals 2024, 17, 614. https:. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph17050614
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The aqueous extract of Annona muricata L. leaves was thoroughly analyzed using the
UPLC-MS/MS, in addition to a new approach of examination of the extract’s impact on cancer of
EAC(Ehrlich ascites carcinoma) in albino male mice. The aim was to investigate the diversity of
the phytochemical constituents of the aqueous leaf capsule extract and their impacts on EAC as
anticancer agents. The UPLC-ESI-MS/MS screening resulted in 410 tentatively identified metabolites.
Among them, 384 compounds were tentatively identified in a previous study, besides a number of
26 compounds belonging to acetogenins, phenolics, flavonoids, alkaloids, and other miscellaneous
compounds, which were exclusively identified in the aqueous extract of the leaf capsule. Interestingly,
a new compound was tentatively characterized as galloyl-quinic acid-rutinoside. This study also
demonstrated that treating EAC mice with an extract from A. muricata leaves significantly improved
the abnormalities in the expression of pro-apoptotic (Bax and caspase-3) and anti-apoptotic (Bcl-2)
genes. Furthermore, the extract showed good protection against induced Ehrlich hepatocarcinoma,
according to the microscopical, histological, and immune-histochemical analyses of the liver tissues
and tumor mass.
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