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Nutraceutical Profile

ImmunCR Id : ICR64
Chemical Name : Diosgenin
Plant Source : Dioscorea batata, Trigonella species
Nutraceutical information : ---
Mode of administration : ---
Immunomodulatory mechanism : Anti-cancer (activates p53, STAT3 signaling pathway, increases caspase-3, G1 phase cycle arrest
Description : Diosgenin is a well known steroidal sapogenin whose origin is from the hydrolysis of the saponin dioscin.

Chemical Structure Information

IUPAC Name (1S,2S,4S,5'R,6R,7S,8R,9S,12S,13R,16S)-5',7,9,13-tetramethylspiro[5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-ene-6,2'-oxane]-16-ol 
SMILES C[C@@H]1CC[C@@]2([C@H]([C@H]3[C@@H](O2)C[C@@H]4[C@@]3(CC[C@H]5[C@H]4CC=C6[C@@]5(CC[C@@H](C6)O)C)C)C)OC1
Formula C27H42O3
InchiKey WQLVFSAGQJTQCK-VKROHFNGSA-N

Chemical Classification

Kingdom Organic compounds
Superclass Lipids and lipid-like molecules
Class Prenol lipids
Subclass Triterpenoids

Physicochemical properties

LogP 4.633
Molecular weight 414.621
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor 3
Hydrogen Bond Donor 1
Polar surface area 38.675
No. of rotatable bonds 0
Number of Aromatic Rings 0
Number of rings 6

ADMET Properties

Absorption level Good
Solubility level Very Soluble
Blood Brain Barrier High
Plasma protein binding Binder
CYP2D6 inhibition Non-Inhibitor

Other Biological Properties

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References

    1. https://doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394591-4.00004-0
    2. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/4156293


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