Protohypericin

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  • CAT Number: R072685
  • CAS Number: 548-03-8
  • Molecular Formula: C30H18O8
  • Molecular Weight: 506.46
  • Purity: ≥95%
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Protohypericin is a naturally occurring naphthodianthrone derived from plant Hypericum perforatum. Radioiodinated protohypericin is used in Tumor necrosis targeted radiotherapy[1][2].


Catalog Number R072685
CAS Number 548-03-8
Synonyms

9,11,13,16,18,20-hexahydroxy-5,24-dimethylheptacyclo[13.11.1.12,10.03,8.019,27.021,26.014,28]octacosa-1,3,5,8,10,12,14(28),15(27),16,18,20,23,25-tridecaene-7,22-dione

Molecular Formula C30H18O8
Purity ≥95%
InChI InChI=1S/C30H18O8/c1-9-3-11-19(13(31)5-9)29(37)25-17(35)7-15(33)23-24-16(34)8-18(36)26-28(24)22(21(11)27(23)25)12-4-10(2)6-14(32)20(12)30(26)38/h3-8,33-38H,1-2H3
InChIKey DPKVSJZTYNGFAW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CC1=CC(=O)C2=C(C3=C(C=C(C4=C3C(=C5C6=CC(=CC(=O)C6=C(C7=C(C=C(C4=C57)O)O)O)C)C2=C1)O)O)O
Reference

[1]. Baugh SF. Simultaneous determination of protopseudohypericin, pseudohypericin, protohypericin, and hypericin without light exposure. J AOAC Int. 2005 Nov-Dec;88(6):1607-12.
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[2]. Liu X, et al. Tumor necrosis targeted radiotherapy of non-small cell lung cancer using radioiodinated protohypericin in a mouse model. Oncotarget. 2015 Sep 22;6(28):26400-10.
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