[Study on antitumor activities of ginkgolic acids from Ginkgo sarcotestas in vitro]

Abstract

Objective: To study the influence of ginkgolic acids on human tumor cells and normal cells.

Methods: Ginkgolic acids (total concentration 90%) was prepared from ginkgo sarcotestas. The inhibitive effect of ginkgolic acids on human tumor cells and normal cells lines was examined by MTT assay.

Results: When the concentration was 5.0 micrograms/ml, ginkgolic acids obviously inhibited the growth of tumor cells and didn't influence the normal cells. Inhibitive rate of ginkgolic acids on LTEP-a-2 was 59.1%. High-concentration ginkgolic acids had inhibitive effect on the growth of tumor cells and normal cells.

Conclusion: Ginkgolic acids had a obvious inhibitive effect on tumor cells in vitro. When the concentration was under 5.0 micrograms/ml, ginkgolic acids didn't influence the growth of normal cells.