GC-MS profiling and antineoplastic activity of Pelargonium inquinans ait leaves on acute leukaemia cell lines U937 and Jurkat. - GreenMedInfo Summary

We investigated the antineoplastic activities of extracts ofleaves, a plant native to South Africa on acute leukemia cell lines, U937 and Jurkat and the inflammatory effect (nitric oxide and cyclo-oxygenase-2) on RAW 264.7 cells. The extracts ofhave significant cytotoxicity especially on U937 cells and pro-inflammatory release of nitric oxide on RAW 264.7 macrophages. The GC-MS study of the essential oil showed it had more than a hundred compounds. This study showed thathave antineoplastic and anti-inflammatory activities which can be further explored in In Vivo studies.