Description
Apigeninisaflavonoidfoundinvariousplantsourcesthatexhibitsanticancer,antioxidative,anti-inflammatory,cognitionenhancing,andneuroprotectiveactivities.Ingastriccancercells,apigenininhibitscellproliferation,decreasesmitochondrialmembranepotential,increasesexpressionofcaspase3andBax,anddecreasesexpressionofBcl-2,inducingapoptosis.Apigeninalsoinducesmicrotubuledepolymerizationinlungcancercells.Additionally,apigenindisplayssomechemopreventivepotential.Inaorticrings,apigenininhibitsvascularcontraction.Inanimalmodelsofspinalcordinjury,apigeninreversesinjury-induceddecreasesinsuperoxidedismutase(SOD)andglutathioneperoxidaseactivityaswellasincreasesinmalondialdehyde;italsodecreasesexpressionofIL-1β,TNF-α,andICAM-1.InanimalmodelsofAlzheimer’sdisease,apigeninsuppressesoxidativestressanddecreaseslevelsofinsolubleamyloid-β(Aβ),amelioratinglearningandcognitivedeficits.Additionally,thiscompoundactsasapositiveallostericmodulatoratGABA-Areceptors.