Letter to the Editor
Volume: 36 | Issue: 1 | Published: Mar 31, 2020 | Pages: 5 - 6 | DOI: 10.24911/BioMedica/5-141
A Nuclear Magnetic Insight Towards the Cytostatic Potential of Medicinal Plant Extracts Replay to Al Wihibi et al Biomedica 2019;35(4):203-209
Authors: Alexander A Bukhvostov , Kirill V Ermakov , Dmitry A Kuznetsov
Article Info
Authors
Alexander A Bukhvostov
N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Russian Federation
Kirill V Ermakov
N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Russian Federation
Dmitry A Kuznetsov
Department of Medical Nano-Biotechnologies, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
Publication History
Received: March 09, 2020
Accepted: March 20, 2020
Published: March 31, 2020
Abstract
Cytostatic activities of water and organic extracts prepared from medicinal higher plants including Ducrosia anethifolia should be analyzed by taking into account the “hidden” magnetic isotope effects of stable metal isotopes (25Mg, 43Ca, 67Zn …) pre-(bio) fractionated in the plant tissues. A multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC – ICPMS) might be successfully employed to reveal and detail this specific peculiarity for further pharmacological applications.
Keywords: Medicinal plants, Cytostatic effects, Stable metal isotopes, Acute myeloid leukemia cells.