Silybin

Описание

Silybin, also known as silibinin, is the principal biologically active constituent of the silymarin complex (about 70–80%) and is a mixture of silybin A and silybin B. Pharmacological research demonstrated that silybin has shown pleiotropic biological properties, including potent antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antidiabetic, hepatoprotective, neuroprotective, antiviral, antimicrobial and immunosuppressive activities. Silibinin demonstrates promising anticancer effects in vitro and in vivo[1].

Химические свойства

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Использование

Silibinin has been used:

• to study its effect on gene expression levels of various proteins involved in chromatin regulations of prostate cancer, by real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)
• to study its effect on cell proliferation in platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-treated human tenon′s fibroblasts (HTFs) by investigating the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and by water-soluble tetrazolium salt (WST-1) assay
• to examine its effect on gene expression levels of stromelysine 1 (STM1), acetyl hexoseamines and collagen production during skin wound healing
• to study its inhibitory effect on Escherichia coli ATP synthase

Определение

ChEBI: A flavonolignan isolated from milk thistle, Silybum marianum, that has been shown to exhibit antioxidant and antineoplastic activities.

Общее описание

Silibinin, a principal component of silymarin, is a flavonolignan and an orally active flavonoid. It is isolated from the seeds of milk thistle (Sylibum marianum L).