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B178

Butein

solid

Synonym(s):

1-(2,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-propen-1-one, 2′,3,4,4′-Tetrahydroxychalcone

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C15H12O5
CAS Number:
487-52-5
Molecular Weight:
272.25
NACRES:
NA.77
PubChem Substance ID:
24891611
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
EC Number:
207-659-5
MDL number:
MFCD00017300

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Product Name

Butein, solid

solubility

H2O: insoluble
DMSO: >50 mg/mL

InChI key

AYMYWHCQALZEGT-ORCRQEGFSA-N

InChI

1S/C15H12O5/c16-10-3-4-11(14(19)8-10)12(17)5-1-9-2-6-13(18)15(20)7-9/h1-8,16,18-20H/b5-1+

SMILES string

OC1=CC(O)=C(C(/C=C/C2=CC(O)=C(O)C=C2)=O)C=C1

form

solid

color

yellow

Gene Information

rat ... Alox5(25290)

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Biochem/physiol Actions

Butein exhibit several pharmacological activities, such as anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory activity. It stimulates apoptotic cell death of human cervical cancer cells. It has therapeutic potentials for chronic diseases, including liver tuberculosis, obesity, diabetes and hypertension. Butein can repress migration and invasion of bladder, breast and pancreatic cancer cells.
Inhibits EGFR and Src tyrosine kinase activities; inhibits cAMP-dependent PDE-IV. Induces apoptosis in B16 melanoma cells and HL-60 human leukemia cells.

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General description

Butein (2′,3,4,4′-tetrahydroxychalcone) is a chalcone and a flavonoid, that is produced in plants. It is a plant polyphenol and a bioactive constituent, that is extracted from the heartwood of Dalbergia odorifera, Caragana jubata and Rhus verniciflua stokes, and the stem bark of cashews (Semecarpus anacardium).

Storage Class

13 - Non Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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Zafar Rasheed et al.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 333(2), 354-363 (2010-02-19)
Activation of mast cells in rheumatoid synovial tissue has often been associated with tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interleukin (IL)-6, and IL-8 production and disease pathogenesis by adjacent cell types. Butea monosperma (BM) is a well known medicinal plant in India
Karin Schlangen et al.
Journal of experimental botany, 61(12), 3451-3459 (2010-06-23)
A chalcone 3-hydroxylase (CH3H) cDNA clone was isolated and characterized from Cosmos sulphureus petals accumulating butein (2',3,4,4'-tetrahydroxychalcone) derivatives as yellow flower pigments. The recombinant protein catalyses the introduction of an additional hydroxyl group in the B-ring of chalcones, a reaction
S M Yu et al.
European journal of pharmacology, 280(1), 69-77 (1995-06-23)
Butein, isolated from Dalbergia odorifera T. Chen, caused endothelium-dependent relaxation of rat aorta precontracted with phenylephrine. This effect was abolished in endothelium-denuded aorta and in endothelium-intact aorta in the presence of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine, oxyhemoglobin and methylene blue, whereas the effect was
Dong-Oh Moon et al.
Toxicology in vitro : an international journal published in association with BIBRA, 24(7), 1927-1934 (2010-08-11)
3,4,2',4'-Tetrahydroxychalcone (butein) has potent anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer and anti-fibrogenic effects. However, little is known about the mechanism by which butein inhibits metastasis and invasion. This study aimed to investigate the effects of butein on the expression of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-9) and
Butein induces apoptotic cell death of human cervical cancer cells
Yang P Y, et al.
Oncology Letters, 16(5), 6615-6623 (2018)
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