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C15H16O5
The molecular formula C15H16O5 (molar mass: 276.28 g/mol, exact mass: 276.099774 u) may refer to: * Dihydromethysticin, a kavalactone found in the kava plant * Lactucin, a bitter sesquiterpene lactone found in lettuce * Vernolepin, a sesquiterpene lactone found in ''Vernonia amygdalina'' {{molFormDisambig Molecular formulas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lactucin
Lactucin is a bitter substance that forms a white crystalline solid and belongs to the group of sesquiterpene lactones. It is found in some varieties of lettuce and is an ingredient of lactucarium. It has been shown to have analgesic and sedative properties. It has also shown some antimalarial effects. It is also found in dandelion coffee. It acts as an adenosine receptor agonist. See also * Lactucopicrin References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernolepin
Vernolepin is a sesquiterpene lactone isolated from the dried fruit of ''Vernonia amygdalina''. It shows platelet anti-aggregating properties and is also an irreversible DNA polymerase inhibitor, hence may have antitumor properties. References {{Organic-compound-stub Sesquiterpene lactones Secondary alcohols Alkene derivatives DNA polymerase inhibitors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dihydromethysticin
Dihydromethysticin is one of the six major kavalactones found in the kava plant. Pharmacology Dihydromethysticin has marked activity on the induction of CYP3A23, as does the related chemical desmethoxyyangonin. Both dihydromethysticin and methysticin induce the hepatic enzyme CYP1A1, which increases the amount of the very highly carcinogenic benzo 'a''yrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-epoxide in the body (via the metabolism of benzo 'a''yrene) and may be responsible for some of the toxic effects associated with kava consumption. ''In vitro'', dihydromethysticin possesses analgesic, anticonvulsant, and anxiolytic effects. It has been found to act as a GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulator and as an reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase B Monoamine oxidase B, also known as MAOB, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''MAOB'' gene. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the flavin monoamine oxidase family. It is an enzyme located in the outer mitochondrial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molecular Formula
In chemistry, a chemical formula is a way of presenting information about the chemical proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound or molecule, using chemical element symbols, numbers, and sometimes also other symbols, such as parentheses, dashes, brackets, commas and ''plus'' (+) and ''minus'' (−) signs. These are limited to a single typographic line of symbols, which may include subscripts and superscripts. A chemical formula is not a chemical name, and it contains no words. Although a chemical formula may imply certain simple chemical structures, it is not the same as a full chemical structural formula. Chemical formulae can fully specify the structure of only the simplest of molecules and chemical substances, and are generally more limited in power than chemical names and structural formulae. The simplest types of chemical formulae are called ''empirical formulae'', which use letters and numbers indicating the numerical ''proportions'' of atoms o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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