Chemical Properties
Yellow Solid
Uses
An active metabolite of Sulindac. Inhibits cyclooxygenase, but induces apoptosis by a cyclooxygenase-independent mechanism. Inhibition of Ras activation of Ref-1. Impairs nucleotide exchange on Ras by CDC25 and accelerates Ras hydrolysis of GTP by p120GAP.
Uses
An active metabolite of Sulindac. Inhibits cyclooxygenase, but induces apoptosis by a cyclooxygenase-independent mechanism. Inhibition of Ras activation of Ref-1. Impairs nucleotide exchange on Ras
by CDC25 and accelerates Ras hydrolysis of GTP by p120GAP.
Definition
ChEBI: An aryl sulfide that is a metabolite of sulindac. A non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, which also has anticancer activity.
