Cytotoxic Activity and Metabolic Profiling of Fifteen Euphorbia Species

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El-Hawary, S. S., Mohammed, R., Tawfike, A. F., Lithy, N. M., AbouZid, S. F., Amin, M. N., Abdelmohsen, U. R. and Amin, E. 2021. Cytotoxic Activity and Metabolic Profiling of Fifteen Euphorbia Species. Metabolites. 11 (1), p. 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo11010015

AuthorsEl-Hawary, S. S., Mohammed, R., Tawfike, A. F., Lithy, N. M., AbouZid, S. F., Amin, M. N., Abdelmohsen, U. R. and Amin, E.
Abstract

Euphorbia is a large genus of flowering plants with a great diversity in metabolic pattern. Testing the cytotoxic potential of fifteen Euphorbia species revealed highest activity of E. officinarum L. against CACO2 cell line (IC50 7.2 µM) and of E. lactea Haw. against HepG2 and MCF-7 cell lines (IC50 5.2 and 5.1 µM, respectively). Additionally, metabolic profiling of the fifteen tested species, using LC-HRMS, for dereplication purposes, led to the annotation of 44 natural compounds. Among the annotated compounds, diterpenoids represent the major class. Dereplication approach and multivariate data analysis are adopted in order to annotate the compounds responsible for the detected cytotoxic activity. Results of PCA come in a great accordance with results of biological testing, which emphasized the cytotoxic properties of E. lactea Haw. A similarity correlation network showed that the two compounds with the molecular formula C16H18O8 and C20H30O10, are responsible for cytotoxic activity against MCF-7 and HepG2 cell lines. Similarly, the compound with molecular formula C18H35NO correlates with cytotoxic activity against CACO2.

KeywordsMetabolomics; Euphorbia; Cytotoxicity; Cytotoxic activity; PCA; LC-HRMS; Metabolic profiling
Year of Publication2021
JournalMetabolites
Journal citation11 (1), p. 15
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo11010015
Web address (URL)https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/11/1/15
Open accessPublished as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Publisher's version
Output statusPublished
Publication dates
Online29 Dec 2020
Publication process dates
Accepted23 Dec 2020
PublisherMDPI
ISSN2218-1989

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