Chemical Composition of Lamium purpureum L. and Determination of Anticancer Activity of Its Essential Oil on Melanoma

The current study aimed to evaluate Lamium purpureum L. in terms of its chemical composition and the potential of its essential oil for anticancer activity. The profiling analysis of its chemical composition was carried out via GC-MS. For this purpose, the ethanol extract was subjected to GC-MS analysis to determine chemical compounds. To obtain essential oil, steam distillation of the whole plant (aerial, leaf, stem) was carried out in a Clevenger apparatus. The anticancer activitiy was determined via MTT assay. We observed that the maximum cell death was 14% at 50 μg/mL concentration. As a result of GC-MS analysis, palmitic acid, 7-tetradecenal, octadecadienoic acid, acetic acid, ethyl 9,12,15-octadecatrienoate, hexatriacontane, stearate and benzyl benzoate were identified as major components. We determined that the essential oil of L. purpureum L. had essential compounds which showed cytotoxic activities.