Arctiin is a
lignan found in many
plants
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclude ...
of the family
Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae ...
, particularly the
greater burdock
''Arctium lappa'', commonly called greater burdock, , edible burdock, lappa, beggar's buttons, thorny burr, or happy major is a Eurasian species of plants in the family Asteraceae, cultivated in gardens for its root used as a vegetable. It has b ...
(''Arctium lappa'') and
''Centaurea imperialis'', and in
''Trachelospermum asiaticum'',
''Saussurea heteromalla'',
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''Forsythia viridissima''.
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. It is the
glucoside
A glucoside is a glycoside that is derived from glucose. Glucosides are common in plants, but rare in animals. Glucose is produced when a glucoside is hydrolysed by purely chemical means, or decomposed by fermentation or enzymes.
The name was ...
of
arctigenin.
Arctiin and
arctigenin have shown anticancer effects in
animal research. They have been found to act as
agonist
An agonist is a chemical that activates a receptor to produce a biological response. Receptors are cellular proteins whose activation causes the cell to modify what it is currently doing. In contrast, an antagonist blocks the action of the ag ...
s of the
adiponectin receptor 1.
References
External links
Arctiinentry in the public domain NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Adiponectin receptor agonists
Lignan glucosides
O-methylated natural phenols
Lactones
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