ANTICANCER ACTIVITY OF AMYGDALIN EXTRACTED FROM LOCAL APRICOT KERNELS

The amygdalin was extracted aqueously from the kernels of local apricots at two temperatures (37, 100) C using citric acid.The percentage of amygdalin extracted at 100 C and 37 C was (68.2) and (20.3) ppm, respectively.Amygdalin was used for the purpose of studying its anti-cancer activity using the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line, compared with the liver cell line (WRL-68).Cell viability at a concentration of 25 mg/ml was (82.8) for MCF-7 breast cancer cells compared to the liver cells (WRL-68) was (94.2) at the same concentration.(IC50) for MCF-7 breast cancer cells was 82.74, and 133.9 for liver cells (WRL-68).