Sabrina Basir Amiri

Dr. Sabrina Basir Amiri


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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

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

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18 January 2025 in Applied Sciences
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AGAni Georgieva
Ani Georgieva
ISInna Sulikovska
Inna Sulikovska
TTTanya Toshkova-Yotova
Tanya Toshkova-Yotova
VDVera Djeliova
Vera Djeliova
SASabrina Basir Amiri
Sabrina Basir Amiri
Krasimira TashevaKrasimira Tasheva
Krasimira Tasheva
Clinopodium vulgare L. is a valuable medicinal plant with various beneficial effects on health. In this study, water extracts from the aerial part of the wild and in vitro cultured C. vulgare plants were obtained. The polyphenol, flavonoid content and antioxidant activity of the extracts as well as their antitumor efficiency against a panel of cell lines were analyzed. The ability of C. vulgare to inhibit cancer cell migration and induce apoptosis in the tumor cells was examined by wound healing assay and fluorescence microscopic methods. The effect of the extracts on the cell cycle progression of the tumor cells was analyzed by flow cytometry. The presented results show that the antitumor activity of the extracts from in vitro cultured plants was similar to and even exceeded that of the wild plants. The cell viability and migration assays demonstrate the selective anticancer effect of the extract and significant inhibition of cancer cell proliferation and motility. The fluorescence microscopy and cell cycle analyses indicate that the antitumor activity of the in vitro plant extract was related to both antiproliferative and proapoptotic effects. These results show that C. vulgare plants obtained by in vitro micropropagation and cultivated ex vitro are promising candidates for anticancer drug therapy.