Product Description: Digitoxin is an anti-cancer agent. Digitoxin induces apoptosis, inhibits influenza cytokine storm, causes DNA double-stranded breaks (DSBs) and blocks the cell cycle at the G2/M phase. Digitoxin induces calcium uptake into cells by forming transmembrane calcium channels and can be used for research of heart failure [1][2][3][4][5].
Applications: COVID-19-immunoregulation
Formula: C41H64O13
References: [1]Haux J. Digitoxin is a potential anticancer agent for several types of cancer [J]. Medical hypotheses, 1999, 53(6): 543-548./[2]Su C T, Hsu J T A, Hsieh H P, et al. Anti-HSV activity of digitoxin and its possible mechanisms [J]. Antiviral research, 2008, 79(1): 62-70./[3]Gan H, Qi M, Chan C, et al. Digitoxin inhibits HeLa cell growth through the induction of G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in vitro and in vivo [J]. International Journal of Oncology, 2020, 57(2): 562-573./[4]Pollard B S, Blanco J C, Pollard J R. Classical drug digitoxin inhibits influenza cytokine storm, with implications for COVID-19 therapy [J]. in vivo, 2020, 34(6): 3723-3730./[5]Arispe N, et al. Heart failure drug digitoxin induces calcium uptake into cells by forming transmembrane calcium channels [J]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008, 105(7): 2610-2615.
CAS Number: 71-63-6
Molecular Weight: 764.94
Compound Purity: 99.36
Research Area: Cancer; Cardiovascular Disease
Solubility: DMSO : 100 mg/mL (ultrasonic)
Target: Apoptosis;Bcl-2 Family;Calcium Channel;Caspase;HSV;Na+/K+ ATPase