Edcyl Lee Ontolan Salac

Ms. Edcyl Lee Ontolan Salac


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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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12 September 2022 in Plants
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ESEdcyl Lee Ontolan Salac
Edcyl Lee Ontolan Salac
MAMichael Russelle Alvarez
Michael Russelle Alvarez
RGRnie Shayne Guillermo Gaurana
Rnie Shayne Guillermo Gaurana
SGSheryl Joyce Grijaldo
Sheryl Joyce Grijaldo
LSLuster Mae Serrano
Luster Mae Serrano
RNRuel Nacario
Ruel Nacario
Annona muricata L. (Guyabano) leaves are reported to exhibit anticancer activity against cancer cells. In this study, the ethyl acetate extract from guyabano leaves was purified through column chromatography, and the cytotoxic effects of the semi-purified fractions were evaluated against A549 lung cancer cells using in vitro MTS cytotoxicity and scratch/wound healing assays. Fractions F15-16C and F15-16D exhibited the highest anticancer activity in the MTS assay, with % cytotoxicity values of 99.6% and 99.4%, respectively. The bioactivity of the fractions was also consistent with the results of the scratch/wound healing assay. Moreover, untargeted metabolomics was employed on the semi-purified fractions to determine the putative compounds responsible for the bioactivity. The active fractions were processed using LC-MS/MS analysis with the integration of the following metabolomic tools: MS-DIAL (for data processing), MetaboAnalyst (for data analysis), GNPS (for metabolite annotation), and Cytoscape (for network visualization). Results revealed that the putative compounds with a significant difference between active and inactive fractions in PCA and OPLS-DA models were pheophorbide A and diphenylcyclopropenone.