Lucidal

Lucidal (Lucialdehyde C) is a natural lanostante-type triterpene aldehyde that shows inhibitory effects against α-glucosidase (Glucosidase) with an IC50 of 0.635 mM. Lucidal has anticancer and antidiabetic effects[1][2].

Product Specifications

CAS Number

[252351-96-5]

Product Name Alternative

Lucialdehyde C

UNSPSC

12352211

Target

Glycosidase

Type

Natural Products

Related Pathways

Metabolic Enzyme/Protease

Applications

Metabolism-sugar/lipid metabolism

Field of Research

Cancer; Metabolic Disease

Assay Protocol

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

Solubility

10 mM in DMSO

Smiles

C[C@]12C3=C(CC[C@@]1([C@@](CC2)([H])[C@H](C)CC/C=C(C)/C=O)C)[C@@]4([C@@](C(C)([C@H](CC4)O)C)([H])CC3=O)C

Molecular Formula

C30H46O3

Molecular Weight

454.68

References & Citations

[1]Xian-Qiang Chen, et al. Lanostane triterpenes from the mushroom Ganoderma resinaceum and their inhibitory activities against α-glucosidase. Phytochemistry. 2018 May;149:103-115. |[2]Jiang-Jing Gao, et al. New triterpene aldehydes, lucialdehydes A-C, from Ganoderma lucidum and their cytotoxicity against murine and human tumor cells. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) . 2002 Jun;50 (6) :837-40.