Vitexin (Apigenin-8-C-glucoside), an naturally occuring apigenin flavone glycoside, acts as a platelet aggregation and alpha-glucosidase inhibitor and shows antineoplastic activity.[1-2]
In Vitro
Vitexin promotes cell viability, inhibits apoptosis, and decreases inflammatory cytokines. These protective effects are related to the regulation of ER stress by vitexin in chondrocytes[2].
In Vivo
Vitexin ameliorates sexual dysfunction and fertility impairments in male diabetic mice possibly by modulating the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis[1].
Animal Models: adult male mice (25–30?g); Dosages: 10, 20 and 40 mg/kg; Administration: oral[1]
细胞实验
Chondrocytes (2 × 105 cells) were planted in a 96-well plate and treated with various doses of vitexin, with or without IL-1β (10 ng/mL), for 1 day according to the requirements of the experiment. All of the chondrocytes were incubated for 2 h with cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8) (10 μL) and the absorbance of the reaction at 450 nm was then quantified using a micro-plate reader.[2]
数据来源文献
[1] Li ZM, et al. Chem Biol Interact. 2018, 297:119-129. [2] Xie CL, et al. Food Funct. 2018, doi: 10.1039/c8fo01509k.