Yuanhuacine

Yuanhuacine (Gnidilatidin), a diterpene from Daphne genkwa, is an effective and highly selective inhibitor of the basal-like 2 (BL2) subtype of TNBC. Yuanhuacine can induce G2/M cell cycle arrest and has broad anti-tumor activity. Yuanhuacine is an orally active DNA damaging agent[1][2][3].

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[1]Ji In Kang, et al. Anti-Tumor Activity of Yuanhuacine by Regulating AMPK/mTOR Signaling Pathway and Actin Cytoskeleton Organization in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells. PLoS One. 2015 Dec 11;10(12):e0144368.|[2]Ruowen Zhang, et al. The Chinese herb isolate yuanhuacine (YHL-14) induces G2/M arrest in human cancer cells by up-regulating p21 protein expression through an p53 protein-independent cascade. J Biol Chem. 2014 Mar 7;289(10):6394-403.|[3]Charles S Fermaintt, et al. Yuanhuacine Is a Potent and Selective Inhibitor of the Basal-Like 2 Subtype of Triple Negative Breast Cancer with Immunogenic Potential. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Jun 7;13(11):2834.