Arctiin is a lignan found in many plants of the family Asteraceae, particularly the greater burdock (Arctium lappa) and Centaurea imperialis, and in Trachelospermum asiaticum, Saussurea heteromalla,[1] and Forsythia viridissima.[2] It is the glucoside of arctigenin.

Arctiin and arctigenin have shown anticancer effects in animal research.[citation needed] They have been found to act as agonists of the adiponectin receptor 1.[3]

References

  1. ^ Arvind Saklani; Manas Ranjan Sahoo; Prabhu Dutt Mishra; Ram Vishwakarma (2010). "Saussurea heteromalla (D. Don) Hand.-Mazz.: A new source of arctiin, arctigenin and chlorojanerin" (PDF). Indian Journal of Chemistry. 50B. India: NISCAIR-CSIR: 624. ISSN 0975-0983. Retrieved on April 25, 2011.
  2. ^ David J. Triggle; C. R. Ganellin; F. MacDonald (1996). Dictionary of Pharmacological Agents. Vol. 1. Boca Raton: Chapman & Hall/CRC. p. 172. ISBN 0-412-46630-9. Retrieved on September 14, 2008 through Google Book Search.
  3. ^ Sun Y, Zang Z, Zhong L, Wu M, Su Q, Gao X, Zan W, Lin D, Zhao Y, Zhang Z (2013). "Identification of adiponectin receptor agonist utilizing a fluorescence polarization based high throughput assay". PLOS ONE. 8 (5): e63354. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...863354S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063354. PMC 3653934. PMID 23691032.

External links

  • Arctiin entry in the public domain NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms

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