Abstract
Natural bioactive compounds have drawn the interest of many researchers worldwide in their effort to find novel treatments, including prostate cancer (PC) treatment which is estimated to be 13.1% of all new cancer cases in the U.S. in 2021. Many of these bioactive compounds have been identified from treatments in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), that often have multiple bioactive compounds present. However, in vitro studies frequently focus on the compounds in isolation, or in simple combinations of two compounds. We used mixture design response surface methodology (MDRSM) to assess changes in PC cell viability after 48 hours of treatment to identify the optimal mixture of all 35 three-compound combinations of seven bioactive compounds from TCM. We used Berberine, Wogonin, Shikonin, Curcumin, Triptolide, Emodin, and Silybin to treat PC-3, DU145, and LNCaP human PC cells, and a drug-resistant PC-3 cell line. Berberine and Wogonin most frequently contributed to the optimal combination to reduce cell viability in PC-3 and LNCaP cells; DU145 cells more frequently responded best to a single compound.
Degree
MS
College and Department
Life Sciences; Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science
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BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Berlin, Ian Geddes, "Mixture Design Response Surface Methodology Analysis of Seven Natural Bioactive Compounds to Treat Prostate Cancer" (2021). Theses and Dissertations. 9349.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/9349
Date Submitted
2021-12-15
Document Type
Thesis
Handle
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd11986
Keywords
prostate cancer, mixture design response surface methodology (MDRSM), berberine, wogonin, shikonin, curcumin, triptolide, emodin, silybin, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)
Language
english