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Cucurbitacin A

Catalog No. CFN90324
CAS No. 6040-19-3
Molecular Weight: 574.71
Molecular Formula C32H46O9
DBs [PubChem]:274954895
[ChEMBL]:3940
[PCIDB]:3682

Standard InChI:

InChI=1S/C32H46O9/c1-17(34)41-27(2,3)12-11-23(37)31(8,40)25-21(36)14-29(6)22-10-9-18-19(13-20(35)26(39)28(18,4)5)32(22,16-33)24(38)15-30(25,29)7/h9,11-12,19-22,25,33,35-36,40H,10,13-16H2,1-8H3/b12-11+/t19-,20+,21-,22+,25+,29+,30-,31+,32+/m1/s1

Biological Activity

Cucurbitacin I , cytotoxic triterpenoid sterols isolated from plants, elicits the formation of actin/phospho-myosin II co-aggregates by stimulation of the RhoA/ROCK pathway and inhibition of LIM-Kinase.[1]

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References

[1] Hassoun M S, Clement M J, Hamdi I, et al. Biochem Pharmacol, 2015, 102:45-63.
[2] Peng Z X, Cao M, Zhang Y J, et al. Chinese J Modern Applied Pharm, 2009 (11): 946-8.

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