| Name | Germacrone |
| Description | Germacrone is extracted from Curcuma zedoaria and has anti-inflammatory, anti-androgenic and antiviral activities. It also inhibits the proliferation of glioma cells by promoting apoptosis. |
| In vitro | Germacrone can inhibit the proliferation of breast cancer cell lines by inducing cell cycle arrest and apoptosis through mitochondria-mediated caspase pathway. Germacrone might be a new potent chemopreventive drug candidate for liver cancer via regulating the expression of proteins related to G2/M cell cycle and apoptosis, and p53 and oxidative damage may play important roles in the inhibition of human hepatoma cells growth by germacrone. Germacrone moderately inhibits CYP2B6 and CYP3A4 activities in vitro, with IC50 values below 10 uM, and produces two oxidized metabolites and four glutathione conjugates. |
| In vivo | Germacrone shows antiviral activity against the H1N1 and H3N2 influenza A viruses and the influenza B virus in a dose-dependent manner, exerts an effective protection of mice from lethal infection and reduces the virus titres in the lung. |
| Storage | Keep away from direct sunlight,
Powder: -20°C for 3 years | In solvent: -80°C for 1 year
Shipping with blue ice/Shipping at ambient temperature. |
| Solubility Information | 10% DMSO+40% PEG300+5% Tween 80+45% Saline : 1 mg/mL (4.58 mM), Sonication is recommended.
DMSO : 36.43 mg/mL (166.86 mM), Sonication is recommended.
10% DMSO+90% Saline : 3.64 mg/mL (16.67 mM), Suspension.
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| Keywords | Inhibitor | inhibit | InfluenzaVirus | Influenza Virus | Germacrone | CYP3A4 | CYP2B6 | Antiviral |
| Inhibitors Related | Stavudine | Aceglutamide | Urea | Tamoxifen | Metronidazole | Ethyl linoleate | D-Psicose | Formamide | Naringin | Alginic acid | Dextran sulfate sodium salt (MW 5000) | Sildenafil citrate |
| Related Compound Libraries | Anti-Tumor Natural Product Library | Terpene Natural Product Library | Selected Plant-Sourced Compound Library | Anti-Viral Compound Library | Miao medicine Compound Library | Natural Product Library for HTS | Immunology/Inflammation Compound Library | Anti-Aging Compound Library | Anti-virus Traditional Chinese Medicine Monomer Library | Bioactive Compounds Library Max | Ancient Chinese Classical Formulas Compound Library | Food as Medicine Compound Library |
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