| 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 | 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 : 2.19 mg/mL (10.03 mM), Sonication is recommended.
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| Keywords | Inhibitor | inhibit | InfluenzaVirus | Influenza Virus | Germacrone | CYP3A4 | CYP2B6 | Antiviral |
| Inhibitors Related | Stavudine | Aceglutamide | Tamoxifen | Cysteamine hydrochloride | Gum arabic | Citric Acid Triammonium | Sodium formate | Ethyl linoleate | Naringin | Dimethyl phthalate | Alginic acid | Dextran sulfate sodium salt (MW 5000) |
| Related Compound Libraries | Anti-Tumor Natural Product Library | Traditional Chinese Medicine Monomer Library | Selected Plant-Sourced Compound Library | Anti-Inflammatory Traditional Chinese Medicine Compound Library | Miao medicine Compound Library | Inhibitor Library | Natural Product Library for HTS | Immunology/Inflammation Compound Library | Anti-infective Natural Product Library | Bioactive Compounds Library Max | Heat-Clearing and Detoxifying Traditional Chinese Medicine Compound Library | Anti-Cancer Active Compound Library |
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