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Biochanin A

Catalog No. T2859   CAS 491-80-5
Synonyms: 4-Methylgenistein, Olmelin

Biochanin A (4-Methylgenistein) is an isoflavone derivative isolated from red clover Trifolium pratense with anticarcinogenic properties. Biochanin A is a naturally occurring fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) inhibitor.

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Biochanin A Chemical Structure
Biochanin A, CAS 491-80-5
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Description Biochanin A (4-Methylgenistein) is an isoflavone derivative isolated from red clover Trifolium pratense with anticarcinogenic properties. Biochanin A is a naturally occurring fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) inhibitor.
Targets&IC50 EGFR:91.5 μM, FAAH (mouse):1.8 μM, FAAH (hμMan):2.4 μM, FAAH (rat):1.4 μM
In vivo LD50: Mice 63 mg/kg (i.p.) [4]
Kinase Assay For experiments with FAAH, rat liver homogenates, mouse brain homogenates and membranes from COS7 cells transfected with the human enzyme are used. Frozen (?80°C) livers from adult C57BL/6 mice and frozen brains (minus cerebella) from adult Wistar or Sprague-Dawley rats are thawed and homogenized in 20 mM HEPES, 1 mM MgCl2, pH 7. The homogenates are centrifuged at ~35000×g for 20 min at 4°C. After resuspension in buffer followed by recentrifugation and a second resuspension in buffer, the pellets are incubated at 37°C for 15 min. This incubation is undertaken in order to hydrolyse all endogenous FAAH substrates. The homogenates are then centrifuged as above, recentrifuged and resuspended in 50 mM Tris-HCl buffer, pH 7.4, containing 1 mM EDTA and 3 mM MgCl2. The homogenates are then frozen at ?80°C in aliquots until used for assay. FAAH is assayed in the homogenates and in the COS7 cell membranes using 0.5 μM (unless otherwise stated) [3H]AEA labelled in the ethanolamine part of the molecule. Blank values are obtained by the use of buffer rather than homogenate. In the experiments comparing effects of Biochanin A upon FAAH and FAAH-2, the same assay is used but with 16 nM [3H]oleoylethanolamide ([3H]OEA) as substrate and with an incubation phase at room temperature. The choice of OEA rather than AEA for FAAH-2 is motivated by the relative rates of hydrolysis: OEA is metabolized four times faster than AEA by FAAH-2, whereas for FAAH the rate of hydrolysis of OEA is about a third of that for AEA. When 0.5 μM [3H]AEA is used as substrate, assay conditions for rat brain and mouse liver are chosen so that <10% of added substrate is metabolized. For the human FAAH samples, <5% of the [3H]AEA is metabolized in all cases. For 16 nM [3H]OEA, a limited supply of an expensive ligand meant that optimization is not possible, and the amount of substrate utilized is higher (34±1 and 0.5±0.1% for FAAH and its corresponding mock-transfected, respectively; 40±2 and 21±0.4 for FAAH-2 and its corresponding mock-transfected respectively)[1].
Synonyms 4-Methylgenistein, Olmelin
Molecular Weight 284.26
Formula C16H12O5
CAS No. 491-80-5

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Powder: -20°C for 3 years | In solvent: -80°C for 1 year

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DMSO: 53 mg/mL (186.4 mM)

Ethanol: 9 mg/mL (31.66 mM)

H2O: < 1 mg/mL (insoluble or slightly soluble)

TargetMolReferences and Literature

1. Akiyama T, et al. J Biol Chem, 1987, 262(12), 5592-5595. 2. Thors L, et al. Br J Pharmacol, 2010, 160(3), 549-560. 3. Peterson G, et al. Prostate, 1993, 22(4), 335-345. 4. Lee YS, et al. J Korean Med Sci, 1991, 6(4), 325-328. 5. Xiao Y, Gong Q, Wang W, et al. The combination of Biochanin A and SB590885 potentiates the inhibition of tumour progression in hepatocellular carcinoma[J]. Cancer cell international. 2020, 20(1): 1-11

TargetMolCitations

1. Xiao Y, Gong Q, Wang W, et al. The combination of Biochanin A and SB590885 potentiates the inhibition of tumour progression in hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Cell International. 2020, 20(1): 1-11

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