Methylenetanshinquinone shows antiplasmodial and antitrypanosomal activity, it is active against both Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and Plasmodium falciparum.
Co-treatment with Tanshinone IIB (TSB) significantly inhibits the DNA laddering, cytotoxicity and apoptosis of rat cortical neurons induced by staurosporine in a concentration-dependent manner; TSB also suppresses the elevated Bax protein and decreased bc
Sageone represents a promising anticancer agent against gastric cancer that warrants further study, it synergizes with cisplatin cytotoxicity in SNU-1 human gastric cancer cells.Sageone also shows antiviral activity.
Horminone has antimicrobial activity, it can inhibit the protein synthesis in several types of bacteria; it can inhibit the in vitro growth of Trypanosoma cruzi, 30 microM drug concentration producing total inhibition of growth. After administration of plant extracts containing Horminone has possibility of toxic effect.
Hydroxytanshinone ⅡA has good antiproliferative effect on SGC-7901,HeLa, and HepG 2 cell, the values of IC50 are 4.18, 6.08 and10.20 uM, respectively; it has tumor cell proliferation inhibition significantly stronger than the tanshinoneⅡA.
Danshenol A has strong aldose reductase (AR) inhibitory activity, has IC50 of 0.10 microM which is comparable to that of epalrestat in clinical use. Danshenol A also has antitumor activity in T-24, QGY, K562, Me180 and BIU87 cell lines, shows inhibited growth of K562 (IC50 = 0.53 μg mL), T-24 (IC50 = 7.94 μg mL), QGY (IC50 = 4.65 μg mL) and Me180 (IC50 = 6.89 μg mL) cell lines.
20-Deoxocarnosol has antioxidant activity of measuring the decay of the radical cation diphenyl-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH).It also exhibits non-specific antiprotozoal activity due to high cytotoxicity.
Tanshindiol B possesses a unique anti-cancer activity whose mechanism involves the inhibition of EZH2 activity and would provide chemically valuable information for designing a new class of potent EZH2 inhibitors. It also possesses the anti-angiogenic act
Dihydroisotanshinone I has protective action against menadione-induced hepatotoxicity, attributed to its antioxidant properties including the free radical scavenging activity and inhibition of lipid peroxidation.
Isocryptotanshinone inhibits protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) activity with 50% inhibitory concentration values of 56.1±6.3 μM, PTP1B acts as a negative regulator of insulin signaling, and selective inhibition of PTP1B has served as a potential drug target for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
Tetrahydro tanshinone I is one compound of Fufang Danshen Prescription (FDP) , liposome equilibrium dialysis system could simply and effectively esti-mate the absorption of multiple components in FDP in vivo, and predicts the potential bioactivity of thes
Ferruginol has anti-plasmodial, leishmanicidal, anti-ulcerogenic, cardioprotective, anticancer, anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory activities, it can induce apoptosis in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells.
Tilifodiolide exerts in vitro and in vivo anti-inflammatory activity and in vivo antinociceptive effects. Tilifodiolide exerted antidiarrheal activity by decreasing the intestinal fluid accumulation and vasorelaxant effects mediated by nitric oxide and cyclic guanosine monophosphate, it also showed anxiolytic and antidepressant effects by the partial involvement of gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors and the possible participation of α2-adrenoreceptors, respectively.
Dehydromiltirone has antioxidant activity, it shows significant anti-neuroinflammatory effects through inhibiting PI3K Akt phosphorylation and then inhibiting NF-κB signaling pathway.
Danshenxinkun A, Danshenxinkun B and Neocryptotanshinone may intervene thrombotic diseases by adjusting the targets mainly involved in pathways of endocrine system, signal transduction, signaling molecules and interaction, cell motility, environmental ada