Artesunate

Artesunate is an inhibitor of both STAT-3 and exported protein 1 (EXP1) .

Product Specifications

CAS Number

[88495-63-0]

UNSPSC

12352005

Hazard Statement

H302+H312+H332

Target

Ferroptosis; Parasite; STAT; Virus Protease

Type

Natural Products

Related Pathways

Anti-infection; Apoptosis; JAK/STAT Signaling; Stem Cell/Wnt

Applications

Cancer-Kinase/protease

Field of Research

Cancer

Assay Protocol

https://www.medchemexpress.com/Artesunate.html

Purity

99.89

Solubility

7.5% Sodium bicarbonate : 2 mg/mL (ultrasonic; warming; heat to 60°C) |DMSO : 83.33 mg/mL (ultrasonic) |H2O : < 0.1 mg/mL

Smiles

O=C(O[C@H]1[C@H](C)[C@]2([H])CC[C@@H](C)[C@]3([H])CC[C@@](O4)(C)OO[C@]32[C@]4([H])O1)CCC(O)=O

Molecular Formula

C19H28O8

Molecular Weight

384.42

Precautions

H302+H312+H332

References & Citations

[1]Ilamathi M, et al. Artesunate as an Anti-Cancer Agent Targets Stat-3 and Favorably Suppresses Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Curr Top Med Chem. 2016;16 (22) :2453-63.|[2]Lisewski AM, et al. Supergenomic network compression and the discovery of EXP1 as a glutathione transferase inhibited by artesunate. Cell. 2014 Aug 14;158 (4) :916-928.|[3]Wang B, et al. Artesunate sensitizes ovarian cancer cells to cisplatin by downregulating RAD51. Cancer Biol Ther. 2015;16 (10) :1548-56.