Salvia officinalis (Lamiaceae) Lin. : caracterização química, atividade citotóxica e apoptótica em células de mamíferos

Abstract

Salvia officinalis (Lamiaceae), popularly known as sage, has been used in south of Brazil as a condiment in foods, as tincture and tea for the treatment various health disorders. The properties of this plant have been studied and suggest possible mechanisms of antioxidant and antitumor action. Here, the sage hydroalcoholic and aqueous extract were chemically analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and by high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-HRMS) in negative mode. The chemical identification showed the presence of acids as caffeic, rosmarinic, malic, succinic, tartaric, citric, ursolic and compouns like luteolin-7-O-glucoronide, eucalyptol, β-thujone, β-caryophyllene, α-caryophyllenen and α-thujone, camphor, viridiflorol, mannol, rosmanol and its isomers methylcarnosate and 12-methoxycarnosinic acid. The extracts showed the content of polyphenolic compounds, ability to scavenge the free radical 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH•) and 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS•+), moreover catalase (CAT-like) and superoxide dismutase (SOD-like) activity. Both extracts showed lower cytotoxicity in non-tumor lines (HEK-293 and MRC-5) and selectivity for tumor cell lines (Hep-2, HeLa, A-549, HT-29, A-375 e HepG2). Furthermore, it was found that increasing the treatment exposure time of the hydroalcoholic extract decreases the tumor cell viability. Morphological changes by giemsa were observed and staining for annexin V and propidium iodide showed majority of tumor cells at late stages of the apoptotic process and necrosis after 24h treatment with both extracts. The results of this study suggest that the extract of Salvia officinalis (L.) has biological activity against tumor cell and may be the objective of further studies in order to prove its effectiveness as a possible agent for the treatment of cancer.