Phytochemical Name : Hawthorn fruit (HF) extract

Properties Information
PhytoCAT-ID PhytoCAT-1086
Phytochemical name or plant extracts Hawthorn fruit (HF) extract
PMID 28284186
Literature evidence Phytochemical compositions of extract from peel of hawthorn fruit, and its antioxidant capacity, cell growth inhibition, and acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity.
IUPAC name NA
Phytochemicals’ class or type of plant extracts Peel polyphenolic extract (HPP) and flesh polyphenolic extract (HFP)
Source of phytochemicals or plant Extracts Crataegus pinnatifida
Geographical availability Amur, China North-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, Primorye
Plant parts Fruits
Other cancers Breast cancer, Ovarian cancer
Target gene or protein Caspase 3, Caspase 9
Gene or Protein evidence Flow cytometric analysis revealed that both HPP and HFP mediated the cell-cycle arrest at the S-phase, and also dose-dependently led to apoptosis of MCF-7 cells via the mitochondrial pathway, as evidenced by the activation of caspase-3 and caspase-9 and the elevation of intracellular ROS production.
Target pathways NA
IC50 2.76 μg/mL against MCF-7
Potency ll these findings indicate that hawthorn fruit, especially its peel, is an excellent source of natural chemopreventive agents in the treatment of breast cancer.
Cell line/ mice model MCF-7, SKOV-3
Additional information  In China, hawthorn fruit (HF) has the effects of improving digestion and regulating qi-flowing for removing blood stasis.
PubChem ID NA
Additional PMIDs 23790880
Additional sources of information https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:724002-1
Safety NA