摘要
TherootbarkofMorusalbaL.orwhitemulberryiswidelyusedastraditionalmedicineinChina,JapanandKorea.Majorclassesandtypesofphenoliccompoundsisolatedfromtherootbarkareflavonoids(kuwanons,morusin,cyclomorusinandsanggenons),benzofurans(moracinsandmulberrofurans),andstilbenoids(mulberrosides).SomeoftheflavonoidsandbenzofuransareproductsofDiel-Aldertypeadducts.Otherclassesofcompoundsincludetriterpenes,phenolicacidsandcoumarins.Morusin,aprenylatedflavonoid,wasfirstisolatedfromtherootbarkofM.alba,andlaterfromtheleaf,stembarkandtwigoftheplant.Thepotentanti-cancerpropertiesofmorusinhaveattractedmuchattentionwithresearchon-goingandnewfindingsbeingpublished.Thecompoundinhibitsangiogenesis,tumourprogressionandtumourmigration,andtriggersapoptosis,cellcyclearrestandautophagyincolorectal,cervical,prostate,breast,hepatoma,pancreatic,glioblastoma,gastric,ovarianandlungcancercelllines.Theanti-canceractivitiesofmorusinareexecutedviavariousmoleculartargetsandsignallingpathways.Itisanticipatedthaton-goinginvitrostudieswillprogressgraduallytoinvivostudiesusinganimalmodelsbeforeeffortstowardsdrugdevelopmentcanbeinitiatedforclinicaltrials.
出版日期
2019年02月12日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
