Anti-cancer potential of agarwood distillate

Agarwood or Gaharu by definition is the resin impregnated heartwood that produces unique aromatic scent when burnt. Apart from religious rituals and perfumes, agarwood has also been used as traditional medicines leading to the interest of this study which is to screen for anti-cancer properties....

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Main Authors:	Abbas, Phirdaous, Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun, Amid, Azura, Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah, Jamal, Parveen, Jaswir, Irwandi
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Language:	English
Published:	Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 2014
Subjects:	Q Science (General)
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spelling	iium-471432018-06-12T04:11:56Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/47143/ Anti-cancer potential of agarwood distillate Abbas, Phirdaous Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun Amid, Azura Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah Jamal, Parveen Jaswir, Irwandi Q Science (General) Agarwood or Gaharu by definition is the resin impregnated heartwood that produces unique aromatic scent when burnt. Apart from religious rituals and perfumes, agarwood has also been used as traditional medicines leading to the interest of this study which is to screen for anti-cancer properties. In this study, agarwood water distillate (hydrosol) obtained from distillation of agarwood (resin) were screened against MCF-7 cells, which are commonly used as in vitro model for breast cancer and VERO cells (normal cells). Distillate samples were collected, diluted and directly subjected to three anti-cancer screening assays (cell attachment assay, cell viability assay and sulforhodamine B assay). It was found that agarwood distillate possesses anti-cancer activity and exerts no significant effects on normal cells. This warrants further investigation with potential development of alternative remedy against cancer while adding more value to the agarwood industry. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 2014-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47143/1/Paper_-__Abbas_et_al_2014_%28JPAM%29.pdf Abbas, Phirdaous and Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun and Amid, Azura and Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah and Jamal, Parveen and Jaswir, Irwandi (2014) Anti-cancer potential of agarwood distillate. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 8 (Sp. ed). pp. 871-874. ISSN 0973-7510 http://www.microbiologyjournal.org/jmabsread.php?snoid=1895&month=&year=
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spellingShingle	Q Science (General) Abbas, Phirdaous Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun Amid, Azura Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah Jamal, Parveen Jaswir, Irwandi Anti-cancer potential of agarwood distillate
description	Agarwood or Gaharu by definition is the resin impregnated heartwood that produces unique aromatic scent when burnt. Apart from religious rituals and perfumes, agarwood has also been used as traditional medicines leading to the interest of this study which is to screen for anti-cancer properties. In this study, agarwood water distillate (hydrosol) obtained from distillation of agarwood (resin) were screened against MCF-7 cells, which are commonly used as in vitro model for breast cancer and VERO cells (normal cells). Distillate samples were collected, diluted and directly subjected to three anti-cancer screening assays (cell attachment assay, cell viability assay and sulforhodamine B assay). It was found that agarwood distillate possesses anti-cancer activity and exerts no significant effects on normal cells. This warrants further investigation with potential development of alternative remedy against cancer while adding more value to the agarwood industry.
format	Article
author	Abbas, Phirdaous Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun Amid, Azura Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah Jamal, Parveen Jaswir, Irwandi
author_facet	Abbas, Phirdaous Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun Amid, Azura Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah Jamal, Parveen Jaswir, Irwandi
author_sort	Abbas, Phirdaous
title	Anti-cancer potential of agarwood distillate
title_short	Anti-cancer potential of agarwood distillate
title_full	Anti-cancer potential of agarwood distillate
title_fullStr	Anti-cancer potential of agarwood distillate
title_full_unstemmed	Anti-cancer potential of agarwood distillate
title_sort	anti-cancer potential of agarwood distillate
publisher	Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology
publishDate	2014
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