Description
HypocrellinBexhibitsantibacterial,anti-metastatic,andanticancerchemotherapeuticactivities.HypocrellinBinhibitsproliferationofStaphylococcusbyincreasingROSlevelsanddamagingcellwalls.Inovariancancercells,thiscompoundinducesapoptosisandinhibitscellmigrationandadhesionunderphotodynamicstimulation;italsoinducestumorregressioninanimalmodelsoflymphoma.Invitro,hypocrellinBinducesDNAstrandbreakage.Contains~2.5%hypocrellinA.
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