Phytochemical Name : Amooranin

Properties Information
PhytoCAT-ID PhytoCAT-584
Phytochemical name or plant extracts Amooranin
PMID 14503804
Literature evidence Novel drug amooranin induces apoptosis through caspase activity in human breast carcinoma cell lines.
IUPAC name (4aS,6aS,6aS,6bR,8aR,12aS,14bS)-12a-(hydroxymethyl)-2,2,6a,6b,9,9-hexamethyl-10-oxo-3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,11,12,13,14b-dodecahydro-1H-picene-4a-carboxylic acid
Phytochemicals’ class or type of plant extracts Triterpenoid
Source of phytochemicals or plant Extracts Amoora rohituka
Geographical availability Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Plant parts Stem
Other cancers Breast cancer
Target gene or protein Caspase 8
Gene or Protein evidence Flow cytometric analysis showed that AMR induced caspase-8 activation in 40.8-71% MCF-7, 28.5-43.2% MCF-7/TH and 4-32.8% MCF-10A cells at 1-8 microg/ml concentrations.
Target pathways NA
IC50 3.8 μg/mL against MCF-7 6.8 μg/mL against MCF-7/TH 6.9 μg/mL against MCF-10A
Potency In situ cell death detection assay indicated that AMR caused 37.3-72.1% apoptotic cells in MCF-7, 32-48.7% in MCF-7/TH and 0-37.1% in MCF- 10A cells at 1-8 microg/ml concentrations.
Cell line/ mice model MCF-7, MCF-7/TH, MCF-10A
Additional information  Our results suggest that AMR is a novel drug having potential for clinical development against human malignancies
PubChem ID 11503749
Additional PMIDs 23475563 14503804 17028990 11933149
Additional sources of information https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:577579-1
Safety NA