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.