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    Citation - WoS: 12
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    Lc-esi-ms/Ms Analysis of Secondary Metabolites of Different St. John's Wort (hypericum Perforatum) Extracts Used as Food Supplements and Evaluation of Developmental Toxicity on Zebrafish (danio Rerio) Embryos and Larvae
    (Elsevier, 2023) Atalar, Mehmet Nuri; Köktürk, Mine; Altındağ, Fikret; Özhan, Güneş; Özen, Tevfik; Demirtaş, İbrahim; Gülçin, İlhami
    Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort) belongs to the Hypericaceae family and is one of the best known Hypericum species worldwide. It is a very popular and valuable medicinal plant widely distributed in Anatolia. Hypericum perforatum contains many bioactive components that play a role in activities has been used as a food supplement. The extracts are used within safe dose range that are harmless and effective for health. When the SJW1, SJW2 and SJW3 fractions of St. John's Wort extracts were exposed to zebrafish embryos and larvae at different concentrations (5, 10, 100, and 300 µg/mL), the survival rates at 96th hour were determined as 83.3, 27.5 and 2.5%, respectively. No significant changes were found in the malformation rates, and the larval emergence was found to be above 80% at 96th hour for all extracts. No caspase-3 expression was found at the 96th hour in the larvae. Similar secondary components of extracts were observed except quantitative differences. The use of samples in doses of 10 µg/mL and below as food supplement may be harmless, however, threshold dose values of H. perforatum extracts lower toxic doses may be due to the different amounts of secondary metabolites. © 2023
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    Citation - WoS: 51
    Citation - Scopus: 58
    Synthesis, Cytotoxic and Antimicrobial Activities of Novel Cobalt and Zinc Complexes of Benzimidazole Derivatives
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2017) Apohan, Elif; Yılmaz, Ülkü; Yılmaz, Özgür; Serindağ, Ayfer; Küçükbay, Hasan; Yeşilada, Özfer; Baran, Yusuf
    In this study fourteen novel cobalt (II) or zinc (II) complexes of benzimidazoles were synthesized from the 1-(4-substitutedbenzyl)-1H-benzimidazoles and CoCl2·6H2O or ZnCl2. Cytotoxic activities of novel complexes were investigated against lung cancer cells (A549) and BEAS-2B. Three of the examined compounds (1, 4 and 5) showed high cytotoxic activity against A549. While the IC50 of the cisplatin was 2.56 μg/mL for A549 cells at 72 h, the IC50 values of compounds 1, 4 and 5 were 1.97, 1.87 and 1.9 μg/mL, respectively. IC50 values of these compounds for BEAS-2B cells were higher than the IC50 values for A549. While the IC50 values for BEAS-2B cells were 59.8, 24.5 and 32.67 μg/mL, respectively, the IC50 of the cisplatin was determined as 2.53 μg/mL in the present work. Three of the compounds have also high antimicrobial activity against all the microorganisms used.
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    Citation - WoS: 22
    Citation - Scopus: 28
    Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester Triggers Apoptosis Through Induction of Loss of Mitochondrial Membrane Potential in Ccrf-Cem Cells
    (Springer Verlag, 2011) Avcı, Çığır Biray; Gündüz, Cumhur; Baran, Yusuf; Şahin, Fahri; Yılmaz, Sunde; Doğan, Zeynep Özlem; Saydam, Güray
    Purpose CAPE (caffeic acid phenethyl ester) is one of the most valuable and investigated component of propolis which is composed by honeybees. In the current study, we aimed at examining apoptotic effects of CAPE on CCRF-CEM leukemic cells and at determining the roles of mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) in cell death. Methods Trypan blue and XTT methods were used to evaluate the cytotoxicity. Apoptosis was examined by ELISA-based oligonucleotide and acridine orange/ethidium bromide dye techniques. Loss of mitochondrial membrane potential was evaluated using JC-1 dye by flow cytometric analysis and under fluorescent microscope. Results We detected the time-and dose-dependent increases in cytotoxic effect of CAPE on CCRF-CEM cells. ELISA and acridine orange/ethidium bromide results showed that apoptotic cell population increased significantly in CCRF-CEM cells exposed to increasing concentrations of CAPE. On the other hand, there was significant loss of MMP determined in response to CAPE in CCRF-CEM cells. Conclusion This in vitro data by being supported with clinical data may open the way of the potential use of CAPE for the treatment of leukemia.