Saudi Journal of Biomedical Research (SJBR)
Volume-4 | Issue-05 | 216-225
Original Research Article
Effect of Citrus Limon Juice and Tamoxifen on the Tumour growth mass Indices, Cell Proliferation, Cell Viability and Cytogenetic (Mitotic Index) of Sprague Dawley Rats Induced MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells
Oyebadejo S. A, Joseph O. S, Adesite S. O, Omorilewa A.O
Published : May 29, 2019
Abstract
Possible Effect of Citrus Limon Juice and Tamoxifen on the Tumour growth mass Indices, Cell Proliferation, Cell
Viability and Cytogenetic (Mitotic Index) of Sprague Dawley Rats Induced MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells was carried
using, over one hundred and twenty Sprague dawley rats of 40 days old with average body weight 180-220g were
divided into Ten (10) groups with 12 animals per group, group 1 was control, fed only with rat chow and water, group 2
was MCF-7 cell line induced Breast cancer rat alone (BCIR only), group 3 Citrus limon juice (CLJ) at 8.88%, Group 4
Citrus limon juicen (CLJ) at 17.32%, group 5 Citrus limon juice (CLJ) at 25.98%, group 6 was given 0.2mg/kg of
Tamoxifen alone, group 7 (BCIR+ CLJ at 8.88%), group 8 (BCIR+ CLJ at 17.32%), group 9 (BCIR+CLJ at 25.98%) and
group (BCIR+ 0.2mg/kg of Tamoxifen). Acute and sub – acute toxicity were carried out after the establishment of
safety dose following determination of LD50, on the fresh Citrus limon juice, Tumour growth mass Indices were
carrying out on weekly basis on the experimental rats, on completion of the administration of the treatments, animals
were sacrificed, Blood was collected into Plain and hepariniced bottles simultaneously for Cytogenetic (Mitotic Index)
analysis, Tumour tissues were also extracted, passaged and cells were cultured and analysed for Cell Proliferation and
Cell Viability assays. Microscopically, it was revealed that DMSO at 1.5% was highly toxic to the MCF-7 cells and other
components of media, meanwhile the Citrus limon juice at 8.88%, 17.32% and 25.98% showed minimum cell growth
inhibition of MCF-7 cell lines and permit cell viability at 40%, 25% and 10% respectively without any effect on the
media components. In conclusion, this study showed that Citrus limon juice posses anticancer activities and does not
pose pathological conditions on the body during and after usage, hence it could be used as alternative therapy in the
treatment of Breast cancer that are hormonal dependant in similar manner to Tamoxifen.