Pisolithus tinctorius (Basidiomycete) is an ectomicorrhizal fungus found in the roots and soil surrounding of many species of eucalyptus and pine trees. The present work verified the cytotoxic potential of pisosterol, a triterpene isolated from P. tinctorius collected in the Northeast region of Brazil, on three different animal cell models: mouse erythrocytes, sea urchin embryos and tumor cells. Pisosterol lacked activity on mouse erythrocytes as well as on the development of sea urchin eggs, but strongly inhibited the growth of all seven tumor cell lines tested, especially the leukemia and melanoma cells (IC50 of 1.55, 1.84 and 1.65 microg/ ml for CEM, HL-60 and B16, respectively). The results found for pisosterol were compared with those of doxorubicin and etoposide.
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