Sparingly soluble in aqueous buffers. For maximum solubility in aqueous buffers, first dissolve in DMF and then dilute with the aqueous buffer of choice. Cycloastragenol has a solubility of approximately 0.25 mg/ml in a 1:8 solution of DMF:PBS (pH 7.2) using this method.Solubility in DMSO is 98 mg/mL (199.7 mM)
Cycloastragenol is the genuine sapogenin of astragaloside IV, a major bioactive constituent of the Chineseherbal medicine Astragali Radix (Huang-Qi). Astragaloside IV exhibits various pharmacological properties, suchas anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, anti-aging,and antioxidant activities.Cycloastragenol is a telomerase activator,which delays the onset of cellularaging. Thus, cycloastragenol is considered as a newgeneration of anti-aging agent.
