neurotrophic

3',4'-Dimethoxyflavone is a standard flavonoid compound with numerous medicinal activities.

4-Methylcatechol (3,4-Dihydroxytoluene) is a metabolite of homoprotocatechuic acid. It is both a substrate and a suicide inhibitor of Catechol 2,3-dioxygenase. 4-Methylcatechol (3,4-Dihydroxytoluene) is known to induce the production of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Recent studies have suggested that a lack of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the limbic system may cause neuropathic pain.

Americanol A enhances choline acetyltransferase activity; has neurotrophic properties.

Smilagenin is an orally active inducer of nonpeptide neurotrophic factor. It also prevents and reverses neuronal damage induced by MPP+ in mesencephalic neurons, and by MPTP in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease.

Erinacine U, a cyanogen diterpene extracted from Hericium erinaceus, exhibits neurotrophic properties and significantly enhances neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells [1].

Isorosmanol possesses antioxidant, neuroprotective and neurotrophic effects, it might be useful in ageing disorders such as the declining of cognitive functions and hyperpigmentation.

Gardenin A shows neurotrophic effects via activating MAPK/ERK, PKC, and PKA. Gardenin A exhibits antidepressant, anticonvulsant and anxiolytic effects.

Gelsemiol has neurotrophic factor-potentiating activity, markedly enhances an increase in the proportion of neurite-bearing cells and an extension of the neurite length in the presence of nerve growth factor.

Isofuranodiene protects GalN/LPS-induced liver injury in SD rats, it may be a potential functional food ingredient for the prevention and treatment of liver diseases. Isofuranodiene has anticancer activity, by inhibiting the proliferation and inducing apo

2,6,4'-Trihydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone shows weak inhibitory activity of testosterone 5alpha-reductase, it also shows significant inhibition of pancreatic lipase activity. 2,6,4'-Trihydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone has neurotrophic activity, it induced neurite outgrowth in PC-12 cells at concentration of 50 microg/ml. 2,6,4′-Trihydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone exhibits low cytotoxic effect against HeLa and 3T3 cell lines with IC50 values of 132 ug/ml and 158 ug/ml, repectively. It also shows antioxidant activity on DPPH with IC50 of 10.57 ug/mL.

NDPIH, derived from Hericium erinaceus (monkey head mushroom), exhibits significant neurotrophic activity. It enhances extensive axonal growth and synaptic branching in cultured hippocampal neurons under serum-free conditions. Although pharmacological inhibition of actin receptor kinase B (TrkB) partially blocks the activity induced by NDPIH, the compound can independently activate the ERK1/2 signaling pathway, bypassing TrkB.