Lycorine hydrochloride

Catalog No.S3800 Batch:S380004

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Technical Data

Formula

C16H17NO4.HCl
Molecular Weight 323.77 CAS No. 2188-68-3
Solubility (25°C)* In vitro DMSO 65 mg/mL (200.75 mM)
Water Insoluble
Ethanol Insoluble
In vivo (Add solvents to the product individually and in order)
Clear solution
5% DMSO 95% Corn oil
0.5mg/ml Taking the 1 mL working solution as an example, add 50 μL of 10 mg/ml clear DMSO stock solution to 950 μL of corn oil and mix evenly. The mixed solution should be used immediately for optimal results. 
Clear solution
5%DMSO 40%PEG300 5%Tween80 50%ddH2O
3.25mg/ml Taking the 1 mL working solution as an example, add 50 μL of 65 mg/ml clarified DMSO stock solution to 400 μL of PEG300, mix evenly to clarify it; add 50 μL of Tween80 to the above system, mix evenly to clarify; then continue to add 500 μL of ddH2O to adjust the volume to 1 mL. The mixed solution should be used immediately for optimal results. 
* <1 mg/ml means slightly soluble or insoluble.
* Please note that Selleck tests the solubility of all compounds in-house, and the actual solubility may differ slightly from published values. This is normal and is due to slight batch-to-batch variations.
* Room temperature shipping (Stability testing shows this product can be shipped without any cooling measures.)

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Biological Activity

Description Lycorine (Galanthidine, Amarylline, Narcissine, Licorine), a natural alkaloid extracted from the Amaryllidaceae plant family, has been reported to exhibit a wide range of physiological effects, including the potential effect against cancer. It is an HCV inhibitor with strong activity.
In vitro Lycorine not only possesses strong pharmacological effects on many diseases, including anti-leukemia, anti-tumor, anti-angiogenesis, anti-virus, anti-bacteria, anti-inflammation, and anti-malaria, but also exerts many other biological functions, such as inhibition of acetylcholinesterase and topoisomerase, suppression of ascorbic acid biosynthesis, and control of circadian period length. Lycorine inhibits cell proliferation and induces cell apoptosis in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cell line HL-60, monocyte leukemia cell line U937, and T-cell leukemia cell line Jurkat. Lycorine also blocks multiple myeloma KM3 cell cycle, induces K562 cell-cycle arrest at the G0/G1 phase and suppresses tumorigenesis and the growth of various tumor cells, including melanoma C8161, ovarian cancer Hey1B, lung cancer A549, glioblatatoma U373, and esophageal cancer OE21[1]. Lycorine can inhibit protein synthesis in eukaryotic cells, and acetylcholinesterase activity[2].
In vivo Lycorine exhibits its numerous pharmacological effects on various diseases with very low toxicity and mild side effects. In vivo studies, lycorine effectively inhibits tumor growth in several mouse xenograft models. It effectively inhibits tumor neovascularization. Lycorine has trivial toxicity to normal cells and normal bodies. The animal toxicological experiments show that the 50% lethal death rate (LD50) of lycorine in mice is 112.2±0.024 mg/kg via intraperitoneal injection. The LD50 of lycorine in mice is 344 mg/kg via gastric lavage injection, suggesting that lycorine is very low toxicity in gastrointestinal administration. In vivo studies show that lycorine has linear plasma kinetics with a mean elimination half-life of 0.67 and 0.3 h after single s.c. and i.v. administration, respectively. The mean oral bioavailability is calculated to be about 40%. Biochemical and hematological parameters of safety studies indicate no pathological signs[1].

Protocol (from reference)

Cell Assay:[3]
  • Cell lines

    K562 cells

  • Concentrations

    2.5 or 5.0 μM

  • Incubation Time

    24 h

  • Method

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Animal Study:[2]
  • Animal Models

    SCID mice inoculated with HL-60 cells

  • Dosages

    5 or 10 mg/kg/day

  • Administration

    i.p.

Selleck's Lycorine hydrochloride has been cited by 1 publication

Lycorine hydrochloride suppresses stress-induced premature cellular senescence by stabilizing the genome of human cells [ Aging Cell, 2021, e13307] PubMed: 33455051

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