Alphitolic acid

Alphitolic acid (Aophitolic acid) is an anti-inflammatory triterpene could found in quercus aliena. Alphitolic acid blocks Akt–NF-κB signaling to induce apoptosis. Alphitolic acid induces autophagy. Alphitolic acid has anti-inflammatory activity and down-regulates the NO and TNF-α production. Alphitolic acid can be used for cancer and inflammation research^[1][2][3]. In Vitro:Alphitolic acid (Aophitolic acid) (0-30 µM; 72 hours; HSC-3, SCC2095, and SCC4 cells) has anti-proliferative activity in oral cancer cells in a dose-dependent manner, induces apoptosis and blocks Akt–NF-κB signaling^[1].
Alphitolic acid (Aophitolic acid) (0-25 µM; 3-72 hours; SCC4 cells) induces autophagy with increases the expression of autophagosome marker LC3B-II and two autophagyregulatory proteins^[1].
Alphitolic acid (Aophitolic acid) (0-25 µM; 72 hours; SCC4 cells) increases p53 phosphorylation and expression, decreases in the expression of the oncogenic E3 ligase MDM2^[1].
Alphitolic acid (Aophitolic acid) (0-25 µM; 72 hours; RAW 264.7 macrophages) has anti-inflammatory activity and down-regulates the NO and TNF-α production with IC₅₀ values of 17.6 and 22.7 µM, respectively^[2]. In Vivo:Alphitolic acid (Aophitolic acid) (47-756 µg/ear; i.h.; adult male CF-1 mice) has anti-inflammatory activity in vivo^[3].