antitumor effects of aqueous extract and protease inhibitors from st. Hil. et naud and metabolite profiling.

The present study aims to assess the cytotoxic effect of the aqueous and protease inhibitors extracts of on breast cancer cell lines. The results showed significant reductions in the highest concentrations from the seed extract for all cell lines. The aqueous extract reduced the viability by up to 35% in the MCF-7, 25% in the 4T1, and 35% in the MDA-MB-231 cell lines.

Effect of protease inhibitors as an antiinflamatory mediator.

This work aimed to obtain and characterize protease inhibitors from leaves and evaluate their potential as inflammatory mediator and cell viability. The protein extract was analyzed and characterized by SDS-PAGE, RP-HPLC-PDA, MALDI-TOF/MS and Zeta potential. Bioassays were conducted in order to evaluate the cell viability in RAW 264.