Phloretin

Phloretin (NSC 407292; RJC 02792) is a flavonoid extracted from Malus pumila Mill., has anti-inflammatory activities. Phloridzin is a specific, competitive and orally active inhibitor of sodium/glucose cotransporters in the intestine (SGLT1) and kidney (SGLT2). Phloretin inhibits Yeast-made GLUT1 as well as Human erythrocyte GLUT1 with IC50values of 49 μM and 61 μM, respectively[1].Phloretin has the potential for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)?and allergic airway inflammation[4].

[1] Kasahara T, Kasahara M. Expression of the rat GLUT1 glucose transporter in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochem J. 1996 Apr 1;315 ( Pt 1):177-82.|[2]Luo H, et al. Phloretin induces apoptosis of BEL-7402 cells in vitro. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao. 2008 Jul;28(7):1249-51.|[3]Huang WC, et al. Phloretin and phlorizin promote lipolysis and inhibit inflammation in mouse 3T3-L1 cells and in macrophage-adipocyte co-cultures.Mol Nutr Food Res. 2013 Oct;57(10):1803-13.|[4]Wang SP, et al. Potent Antiarthritic Properties of Phloretin in Murine Collagen-Induced Arthritis.Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2016;2016:9831263.