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The DT dichloromethane extract exhibited a strong anti-proliferative activity on MCF-7 and LNCaP cells, and was further fractionated and sub-fractionated by RP-HPLC. High resolution mass spectrometry and spectrophotometric analysis unequivocally identified violaxanthin as the most antiproliferative molecule present in DT DCM extract. Violaxanthin purified from DT induced MCF-7 dose-dependent growth inhibition in continuous and discontinuous treatments, at concentrations as low as 0.1 \u00b5g\u00b7mL\u22121 (0.17 \u00b5M). Phosphatidylserine exposure, typical of early apoptosis, was observed after 48 h treatment at 8 \u00b5g\u00b7mL\u22121 (13.3 \u00b5M) but no DNA fragmentation, characteristic of late apoptosis steps, could be detected even after 72 h treatment at 40 \u00b5g\u00b7mL\u22121 (66.7 \u00b5M). Taken together, our results demonstrate the strong antiproliferative activity of violaxanthin on one human mammary cancer cell line, and suggest that studying the pharmacology of violaxanthin and pharmacomodulated derivatives on cancer cells may allow potent antiproliferative drugs to be obtained.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/md9050819","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,5,11]],"date-time":"2011-05-11T11:10:03Z","timestamp":1305112203000},"page":"819-831","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":163,"title":["Antiproliferative Activity of Violaxanthin Isolated from Bioguided Fractionation of Dunaliella tertiolecta Extracts"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Virginie","family":"Pasquet","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of La Rochelle, UMR CNRS 6250 LIENSs, F-17042 La Rochelle, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Perrine","family":"Morisset","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of La Rochelle, UMR CNRS 6250 LIENSs, F-17042 La Rochelle, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Said","family":"Ihammouine","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of La Rochelle, UMR CNRS 6250 LIENSs, F-17042 La Rochelle, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amandine","family":"Chepied","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of La Rochelle, UMR CNRS 6250 LIENSs, F-17042 La Rochelle, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lucie","family":"Aumailley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of La Rochelle, UMR CNRS 6250 LIENSs, F-17042 La Rochelle, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jean-Baptiste","family":"Berard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"IFREMER Laboratory PBA, IFREMER Centre Nantes, F-44311 Nantes, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Benoit","family":"Serive","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"IFREMER Laboratory PBA, IFREMER Centre Nantes, F-44311 Nantes, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Raymond","family":"Kaas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"IFREMER Laboratory PBA, IFREMER Centre Nantes, F-44311 Nantes, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7268-3950","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Isabelle","family":"Lanneluc","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of La Rochelle, UMR CNRS 6250 LIENSs, F-17042 La Rochelle, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Valerie","family":"Thiery","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of La Rochelle, UMR CNRS 6250 LIENSs, F-17042 La Rochelle, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mathieu","family":"Lafferriere","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of La Rochelle, UMR CNRS 6250 LIENSs, F-17042 La Rochelle, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jean-Marie","family":"Piot","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of La Rochelle, UMR CNRS 6250 LIENSs, F-17042 La Rochelle, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Thierry","family":"Patrice","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department LASER, CHU Nantes, F-44093 Nantes, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jean-Paul","family":"Cadoret","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"IFREMER Laboratory PBA, IFREMER Centre Nantes, F-44311 Nantes, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Laurent","family":"Picot","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of La Rochelle, UMR CNRS 6250 LIENSs, F-17042 La Rochelle, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2011,5,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Kornprobst, J-M (2005). 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