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shikonin

shikonin

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A natural chemical in plant roots that people use in traditional medicine and study to fight bacteria and cancer
  • noun
  • /ʃɪˈkoʊnɪn/
  • Specialized
: shikonina
  • Researchers have found that shikonin exhibits significant antibacterial properties against various pathogens.
  • shikonin induced
  • shikonin induced DNA DSBs
  • shikonin induced glioma

Examples

  • Studies suggest that shikonin may reduce tumor growth in cancer models, making it a focus of ongoing research.

  • The lethal effect of shikonin on cancer cells was reported to be associated with RIP1 and RIP3. We thus examined shikonin-induced changes in the protein levels of RIP1 and RIP3 by using western blotting.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Additionally, shikonin could also cause DNA damage and inhibit DNA synthesis 17,18.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Moreover, the average weight of gliomas reduced significantly after 7 days of treatment with Shikonin (Fig. 5 C).

    Academic text (2016)
  • Similarly, shikonin induced a significant reduction in the viabilities of both SHG-44 and U251 cells.

    Academic text (2016)
  • After siRNA transfection overnight, the cells were incubated with shikonin at the indicated dose for subsequent experiments.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Shikonin is a natural ROS inducer in vitro and in vivo 36.

    Academic text (2016)
  • In this study, we found that shikonin upregulated the expression of -H2AX and phosphor-ATM in vitro and in vivo.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Moreover, the neutral comet assay demonstrated that glioma cells treated with shikonin had a longer comet tail with increased DNA content.

    Academic text (2016)
  • As shown in Fig. 5 A and B, the average volume of xenograft gliomas became markedly smaller in the shikonin group than in the control group at day 4, which continued to day 8 when the mice were sacrificed.

    Academic text (2016)

Surface Forms

shikonin singular
shikonins plural

Etymology

Shikonin comes from the Japanese word shikon, which means 'purple root'. People long ago used that root as a medicine, and the chemical was named after it, so shikonin now refers to the natural compound studied for antibacterial and anticancer effects.