Phytochemical Name : Calycosin

Properties Information
PhytoCAT-ID PhytoCAT-1798
Phytochemical name or plant extracts Calycosin
PMID 23609007
Literature evidence And for the first time, this study revealed that calycosin may have potential as a therapeutic agent for the treatment of breast cancer. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
IUPAC name 7-hydroxy-3-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)chromen-4-one
Phytochemicals’ class or type of plant extracts Flavonoid
Source of phytochemicals or plant Extracts Radix astragali
Geographical availability NA
Plant parts NA
Other cancers Breast cancer
Target gene or protein RASD1, Bax, Bcl-2
Gene or Protein evidence The results showed that high concentrations of calycosin significantly suppressed the proliferation of MCF-7 cells and promoted cell apoptosis. Moreover, compared with control group, the expression of Bcl-2 decreased with calycosin in MCF-7 cells, while Bax increased, which was significantly correlated with elevated expression of RASD1.
Target pathways NA
IC50 NA
Potency And for the first time, this study revealed that calycosin may have potential as a therapeutic agent for the treatment of breast cancer.
Cell line/ mice model MCF-7
Additional information  Calycosin was also rapidly and extensively metabolized to 3'-glucuronide in the enterocytes and liver, and the glucuronidation rates of calycosin and CG were much higher in the former.
PubChem ID 5280448
Additional PMIDs 34096887 26658676
Additional sources of information NA
Safety acute toxic in pubmed database