Bioactivity | Methyl tanshinonate is a tanshinone, that can be isolated from Salvia miltiorrhiza (S. miltiorrhiza) Bunge (Lamiaceae). Methyl tanshinonate is a potent inhibitor of Mpro enzyme in SARS-CoV (IC50 = 21.1 µM). Methyl tanshinonate can be used for diabetes and SARS-CoV research[1][2][3]. |
Name | Methyl tanshinonate |
CAS | 18887-19-9 |
Formula | C20H18O5 |
Molar Mass | 338.35 |
Transport | Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere. |
Storage | Please store the product under the recommended conditions in the Certificate of Analysis. |
Reference | [1]. Kim DH, et al. Characterization of the inhibitory activity of natural tanshinones from Salvia miltiorrhiza roots on protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B. Chem Biol Interact. 2017 Dec 25;278:65-73. [2]. Ni L, et al. Qualitative analysis of the roots of Salvia miltiorrhiza and Salvia yunnanensis based on NIR, UHPLC and LC-MS-MS. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2019 Jun 5;170:295-304. [3]. Diniz LRL, et al. Bioactive Terpenes and Their Derivatives as Potential SARS-CoV-2 Proteases Inhibitors from Molecular Modeling Studies. Biomolecules. 2021 Jan 7;11(1):74. |