Casticin Explained

Casticin is a methoxylated flavonol, meaning the core flavonoid structure has methyl groups attached. Found in Artemisia annua, the flavonoid has been shown to enhance the antimalarial activity of artemisinin though casticin itself has no direct antimalarial effects.^{[1] [2]} It has been shown to have anti-mitotic activity. It is also found in Vitex agnus-castus.^[3]

External links

• Casticin induces human glioma cell death through apoptosis and mitotic arrest . 23816816 . 10.1159/000350098 . 31 . 2013 . Cell. Physiol. Biochem. . 805–14. free . Liu . Enyu . Kuang . Yongqin . He . Weiqi . Xing . Xuemin . Gu . Jianwen . 6 .

Notes and References

1. Elford BC. Roberts MF. Phillipson JD . Wilson RJ. 1987. Potentiation of the antimalarial activity of qinghaosu by methoxylated flavones. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 81. 3. 434–436. 3318019. 10.1016/0035-9203(87)90161-1.
2. Liu KC. Yang SL . Roberts MF . Elford BC . Phillipson JD . 1992. Antimalarial activity of Artemisia annua flavonoids from whole plants and cell cultures . Plant Cell Rep . 11. 12. 537–640. 24213368 . 10.1007/bf00236389. 9405266 .
3. Hoberg . Eva . Meier . Beat . Sticher . Otto . 2000 . An analytical high performance liquid chromatographic method for the determination of agnuside and p-hydroxybenzoic acid contents in Agni-casti fructus . Phytochemical Analysis . 11 . 5. 327–329 . 10.1002/1099-1565(200009/10)11:5<327::AID-PCA523>3.0.CO;2-0 .