Phytochemical Name : Tanshinones

Properties Information
PhytoCAT-ID PhytoCAT-1897
Phytochemical name or plant extracts Tanshinones
PMID 28459519
Literature evidence CONCLUSION: We successfully introduced a two-step counter-current chromatography method to extract diterpenoid tanshinone, and demonstrated its antitumor activity.
IUPAC name NA
Phytochemicals’ class or type of plant extracts Diterpenoid
Source of phytochemicals or plant Extracts Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae
Geographical availability China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Vietnam
Plant parts NA
Other cancers Breast cancer, Lung cancer, Liver cancer, Colon cancer, Stomach cancer, Myeloma
Target gene or protein Caspase3, Caspase 9, ATF-4 , PARP, p-eIF2 α, P-JNK, Caspase 12
Gene or Protein evidence The Western blot showed that the expression of caspase3/9 protein and ATF-4 protein decreased gradually. However, the PARP, cleaved-caspase 3/9 and the expression of p-eIF2 α, P-JNK, and caspase- 12 increased gradually, in a dose-dependent fashion.
Target pathways NA
IC50 4.4±0.5 μg/mL against MCF-7
Potency Diterpenoid tanshinone inhibited the nine human tumor cell lines, with an IC50 of 4.37-29 μg/mL, with the PC9 and MCF-7 displaying the lowest values.
Cell line/ mice model MCF-7, A549, MKN-45, HGC-27, PC9, QGY-7703, HCT116, U266/ RPMI8226
Additional information  NA
PubChem ID NA
Additional PMIDs 21073172 29238474 31316608 30174047
Additional sources of information NA
Safety Fluorescence staining showed a lethal effect of diterpenoid tanshinone on PC9 cells.