The Chemotherapeutic Effect of Essential Oil of Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour) on Lung Metastasis Developed by B16F-10 Cell Line in C57BL/6 Mice

Abstract

Current investigation is to evaluate the anticancer activity of the essential oil of Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour) on B16F-10 melanoma cell line injected C57BL/6 mice, and it was simultaneously treated with the essential oil of P. amboinicus (Lour) (50 μg/dose) via i.p. for 21 days. The present investigation exhibited the potent chemotherapeutic/chemopreventive effect of the essential oil of P. amboinicus (Lour) over lung metastasis that developed. To our knowledge, this is the first report in evaluating the effect of essential oil of P. amboinicus (Lour) using lung cancer model.

Keywords: :

• Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour)
• Anti-metastatic
• Anti-angiogenic
• TUNEL assay
• Essential oil
• Apoptosis