Description
Brassininisaphytoalexinoriginallyfoundincruciferousvegetables.Thisindoleexhibitsanticancerchemotherapeuticandchemopreventiveactivities.Inprostatecancercells,brassinininducesG1phasecellcyclearrestandapoptosis,decreasesthemitochondrialmembranepotential,suppressescaspase3andPARPactivation,andlimitsPI3K/Akt/mTORsignaling.Invivo,brassinininhibitsindoleamine2,3-dioxygenase,inducingregressionofmammaryglandtumors.Inotheranimalmodels,thiscompoundinhibitsDMBA-inducedskintumorformation.Likeothercompoundsproducedbycruciferousvegetables,brassininmayinducephaseIIenzymes,displayingpotentialantioxidativebenefit.