Project Number: 6408-41000-008-05
Project Type: Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Dec 01, 2010
End Date: Nov 30, 2013

Objective:
1. To analyze flavonoids in selected Scutellaria species. 2. To identify and isolate non-flavonoid anticancer compounds in selected Scutellaria species.

Approach:
Scutellaria species will be grown at Fort Valley State University. Principal Investigator will harvest, dry, and powder tissue samples and will send powdered materials to collaborator at USDA, ARS, NPURU in Oxford, MS. Powdered samples will be extracted with methanol. The extract will be analyzed for flavonoid content using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). The extracts will also be tested for activity to inhibit glioma cells. The extract with the strongest inhibitory activity will be further fractionated until an active compound is isolated. The isolated compounds will be structurally characterized using various spectroscopic methods (such as UV, IR, mass spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry).