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Immunotoxins have to be administered in high doses due to low cytosolic uptake with the consequence of severe side effects. Recently we found that the cytotoxic activity from Agrostemma githago seeds can be attributed to a synergistic toxicity of a triterpenoid saponin and a ribosome-inactivating
BACKGROUND
A weed plant belonging to the Caryophyllaceae family, Agrostemma githago is used in folk medicine to treat cancers and warts.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to evaluate the cytotoxic effect of the aqueous extract of A. githago seed on gastric cancer cell line (AGS) and to investigate
Ribosome-inactivating proteins, similar to those already known [Barbieri & Stirpe (1982) Cancer Surveys 1, 489-520] were purified from the seeds of Saponaria officinalis (two proteins), of Agrostemma githago (three proteins), and of Asparagus officinalis (three proteins), and from the latex of Hura