Description
A diterpene lactone with diverse biological properties; inhibits the growth of HL-60 cells (GI50 = 25.46 µM); cytotoxic to T47D cells (EC50 = 2.8 µg/ml); increases AMPK phosphorylation and glucose uptake in L6 myotubes and potentiates the effect of insulin to increase cell surface levels of GLUT4 in L6-GLUT4myc cells at 10 and 25 µM; reduces blood glucose levels in rats in a model of streptozotocin-induced diabetes and in db/db diabetic mice at 100 mg/kg; reduces ethanol-induced hepatotoxicity in rats at 15 mg/kg per day for the last four weeks of an eight-week ethanol exposure period; reduces protein carbonyl and TBARS levels and increases GSH levels in isolated rat hepatocytes in the same model
Formal name: 3-[2-[(1R,4aS,5R,6R,8aS)-decahydro-6-hydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)-5,8a-dimethyl-2-methylene-1-naphthalenyl]ethyl]-2(5H)-furanone
Synonyms: 14-DAG
Molecular weight: 334.5
CAS: 4176-97-0
Purity: ≥95%
Formulation: A solid