Specific Target Organ Toxicity – Single exposure, category 3
European Hazard Symbols
Irritant (Xi)
Personal Protective Equipment
dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves
Risk Statements
36/38
RTECS
CB6725000
Product Information
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation)
C15H10O4
Purity
98%
Molecule Details
Packaging 1 g in glass bottle 50 mg in glass bottle Application Chrysophanic acid, a natural anthraquinone, is used to study anticancer activity in EGFR-overexpressing SNU-C5 human colon cancer cells 1. It is also used to study the inhibition of replication of poliovirus types 2 and 3 (Picornaviridae) in vitro 2. Biochem/physiol Actions Anticancer activity for chrysophanic acid is via the EGFR/mTOR mediated signaling transduction pathway 1. Chrysophanic acid has two hydrophobic positions on the molecule (C-6 and the methyl group attached to C-3) which are responsible for the compound′s activity against poliovirus 2.