Research Article

Seed Oil of Brucea javanica Induces Apoptotic Death of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells via Both the Death Receptors and the Mitochondrial-Related Pathways

Table 1

Clinical data of AML patients and apoptosis rate induced in vitro by BJO.

Patient no.Sex/AgeHB (g/L)WBC (×109)Platelet (×1012/L)APL Cell (%) in BMAML typeApoptosis  rate (%) (500 μg/mL)

1F/224457.81.2367M551.31
2M/5810930.01.7377.5M538.98
3M/6598283.33.8086M553.79
4F/2564125.018.654M538.04
5F/551162553.2091.5M596.23
6M/6566171.61.967M545.09
7M/501282473.368.5M553.44
8M/468426.32.388.5M575.92
9M/45461.71.2350M528.80
10M/635075.01.2876.8M590.04
11M/636442.91.852M553.79
12F/4785439.63.152CML-M529.35
13M/597723.32.6727.5CML-M592.48
14F/455641.93.4526.4CML-M563.84
15F/6296235.63.890.0M264.26

Note: The patients’ leukemic cells were treated with or without BJO for 6 h. Percentage of cells in the subG1 phase was measured using FACS as described in Materials and Method.