Sustainable nanoparticles from Stephania glabra and analysis of their anticancer potential on 2D and 3D models of prostate cancer

Vaid, Prachi and Saini, Adesh K and Gupta, Raju Kumar and Sinha, Eshu Singhal and Sharma, Deepak and Alsanie, Walaa F and Thakur, Vijay Kumar and Saini, Reena V (2023) Sustainable nanoparticles from Stephania glabra and analysis of their anticancer potential on 2D and 3D models of prostate cancer. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol., 196 (6). pp. 3511-3533.

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Abstract

In pursuit of a novel effective treatment for prostate cancer, methanolic extract of Stephania glabra tubers (Sg-ME) was utilized to fabricate silver (Sg-AgNP), copper oxide (Sg-CuONP), and silver-copper bimetallic nanoparticles (Sg-BNP). The characterization of the nanoparticles confirmed spherical shape with average diameters of 30.72, 32.19, and 25.59 nm of Sg-AgNP, Sg-CuONP, and Sg-BNP, respectively. Interestingly, these nanoparticles exhibited significant cytotoxicity toward the prostate cancer (PC3) cell line while being non-toxic toward normal cells. The nanoparticles were capable of inducing apoptosis in PC3 cells by enhancing reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and mitochondrial depolarization. Furthermore, the shrinkage of 3D prostate tumor spheroids was observed after 4 days of treatment with these green nanoparticles. The 3D model system was less susceptible to nanoparticles as compared to the 2D model system. Sg-BNP showed the highest anticancer potential on 2D and 3D prostate cancer models.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: Stephania glabra ; 3D tumor model; Apoptosis; Bimetallic nanoparticles; Copper oxide nanoparticles; Prostate cancer; Silver nanoparticles
Subjects: Q Science > QR Microbiology
Depositing User: Dr. K.P.S.Sengar
Date Deposited: 27 Mar 2026 09:08
Last Modified: 27 Mar 2026 09:08
URI: http://crdd.osdd.net/open/id/eprint/3409

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