FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2004, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (11): 295-299.

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Anticancer Effects and Possible Mechanism of Antibacterial Components from Allium chinense

 SUN  Yun-Jun, BAI  Jian-Shan, CHEN  Yu, MENG  Song, XIE  Wei-An, DING  Xue-Zhi, MO  Xiang-Tao, XIA  Li-Qiu   

  1. College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University
  • Online:2005-11-15 Published:2011-10-24

Abstract: This study showed that the antibacterial components from Allium chinense kept stable under different temperature.After treated by the components, the proliferation of HepG-2 and Hela cells were inhibited and their cell cycle distribution werechanged. Analysis revealed that the components didn’t induce apoptosis. The components had more inhibitive effect on the enzymeactivity of papain than on proteinase K in vitro. The possible anticancer mechanism of the components was that the activity of somemercapto enzymes such as papain in cancer cells were inhibited by the components.

Key words: Allium chinense, antibacterial components, anticancer, cell cycle distribution, papain