Related Experiment Video
Updated: Oct 10, 2025

Quantification of Violacein in Chromobacterium violaceum and Its Inhibition by Bioactive Compounds
Published on: August 8, 2025
[STUDY OF THE CYTOTOXIC ACTIVITY OF INDOLE ALKALOIDS FROM THE ABOVEGROUND ORGANS OF VINCA ROSEA L. INTRODUCED IN
V Vachnadze1, N Vachnadze1, A Bakuridze2
1Tbilisi State Medical University, 1Institute of Pharmacochemistry. Kutateladze, Georgia.
Abstract:
The objects of this research were the aboveground and underground parts of Vinca rosea L., a species of periwinkle introduced in Western Georgia. The sum of alkaloids and biologically aactive fractions of monomeric alkaloids were obtained by liquid-liquid extraction, precipitation with petroleum ether (I), polybuffer distribution (II) and 10% acetic acid (III). 14 known compounds were identified by LC-MS/MS and GC/MS: Low molecular weight compounds (М+226, М+202, №1,2, М+168) and alkaloids Ajmalicine, Tetragidroalstonine, C20-dihydrova llesiahotamine, C19-C20 Vallesiahotaminole, Vallesiahotamine lacton, Polyneuridine, Pericy clivine, Lochnerame, Norharmane, Vidorosine, Vindolinine, Isovindolinine, Akuammicine. The cytotoxicity of monomeric alkaloids was evaluated for A-549 (cells of the lung cancer line), DLD-1 (cells of the rectal adenocarcinoma line) and W-1 (cells of the normal human fibroblast line). All three substances (I, II, III) showed pronounced cytotoxic activity.
More Related Videos
07:58An Automated Differential Nuclear Staining Assay for Accurate Determination of Mitocan Cytotoxicity
Published on: May 12, 2020
13:17In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation of Photocontrolled Biologically Active Compounds - Potential Drug Candidates for Cancer Photopharmacology
Published on: September 29, 2023
Related Concept Videos
Drugs that Destabilize Microtubules
Cytotoxic T Cells-mediated Immune Response
Immunological surveillance is the ability of immune cells to monitor and eliminate infected cells with intracellular pathogens, neoplastically transformed cells, and cells with non-self antigens. Cytotoxic T cells and NK...