Phytochemical Name : Sophoflavescenol

Properties Information
PhytoCAT-ID PhytoCAT-2161
Phytochemical name or plant extracts Sophoflavescenol
PMID 22210035
Literature evidence This study examined the in vitro cytotoxic activity and in vivo antitumor activity as well as intracellular apoptotic capacities of a prenylated flavonol, sophoflavescenol from Sophora flavescens, to evaluate prospective anti-tumorigenic drugs, and antitumor potential.
IUPAC name 3,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-5-methoxy-8-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)chromen-4-one
Phytochemicals’ class or type of plant extracts Prenylated flavonol
Source of phytochemicals or plant Extracts Sophora flavescens
Geographical availability Altay, Amur, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Primorye, Qinghai, Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang
Plant parts NA
Other cancers Breast cancer, Lung cancer, Leukemia
Target gene or protein NA
Gene or Protein evidence NA
Target pathways NA
IC50 >150 µg/mL against MCF-7
Potency Despite the small effect on human breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7), sophoflavescenol showed cytotoxicity against human leukaemia (HL-60), Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC), and human lung adenocarcinoma epithelial (A549) cells.
Cell line/ mice model MCF-7, HL-60, LLC, A549
Additional information  The findings show that the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and apoptotic activities of sophoflavescenol might contribute to the antitumor activity without severe side effects, highlighting its potential for chemoprevention and/or anticancer drugs due to multi-effective targets in almost all stages of tumorigenesis, including initiation, promotion, and progression.
PubChem ID 9929189
Additional PMIDs NA
Additional sources of information https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:518831-1
Safety NA