Phytochemical Name : Carabrolactone B

Properties Information
PhytoCAT-ID PhytoCAT-2136
Phytochemical name or plant extracts Carabrolactone B
PMID 29621599
Literature evidence All isolated compounds (1-14) were tested in vitro for their cytotoxic activities against the MDA-MB-231, HGC-27 cancer cell lines, of which compounds 1-3, 6, 7, 11 and 12 showed significant cytotoxic activities with IC50 values ranging from 2.67 to 12.34 μM.
IUPAC name (3aS,5R,5aS,8S,8aS,9S,9aS)-8,9-dihydroxy-5,8a-dimethyl-1-methylidene-4,5,5a,6,7,8,9,9a-octahydro-3aH-azuleno[6,5-b]furan-2-one
Phytochemicals’ class or type of plant extracts Sesquiterpene lactone
Source of phytochemicals or plant Extracts Carpesium abrotanoides
Geographical availability Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, East Himalaya, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hainan, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia
Plant parts Whole plant
Other cancers Breast cancer
Target gene or protein NA
Gene or Protein evidence NA
Target pathways NA
IC50 >20 μM against MDA-MB-231
Potency NA
Cell line/ mice model MDA-MB-231, HGC-27
Additional information  NA
PubChem ID 53323205
Additional PMIDs NA
Additional sources of information https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:189330-1
Safety NA