Natural Products
Baicalin
Catalog No. | CFN99111 | |
CAS No. | 21967-41-9 | |
Molecular Weight: | 446.37 | |
Molecular Formula | C21H18O11 | |
DBs | [PubChem]:274951307 [ChEMBL]:2981 [PCIDB]:1024 |
Standard InChI:
InChI=1S/C21H18O11/c22-9-6-10(8-4-2-1-3-5-8)30-11-7-12(14(23)15(24)13(9)11)31-21-18(27)16(25)17(26)19(32-21)20(28)29/h1-7,16-19,21,23-27H,(H,28,29)/t16-,17-,18?,19?,21+/m0/s1
Biological Activity
Baicalin is a flavonoid and a major component of a herbal medicine, Sho-saiko-to, which is commonly used for treatment of chronic hepatitis in Japan and China. baicalin acts as anti-oxidants, also causes cytotoxic effect,and induces caspase-3 activation and apoptosis via mitochondrial pathway.[1]
Baicalin has anti-inflammatory activity, exhibits the greatest inhibition activity against carrageenan-induced rat paw edema.[2]
Baicalin has neuroprotection, might be associated with its anti-oxidative and anti-apoptotic properties in global cerebral ischemia in the gerbils.[3]
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References
[1] Ueda S, Nakamura H, Masutani H, et al. Mol Immunol, 2002, 38(10):781-91.
[2] Chun-ChingLin, Den-EnShieh. Am J Chinese Med , 1996, 24(1):31-6.
[3] Cao Y, Mao X, Sun C, et al. Brain Res Bull , 2011, 85(6):396-402.
[4] Yu-Xiang G U, Zhou Z L, Yang Y M, et al. Physical Testing & Chemical Analysis, 2012(4).
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