| Bioactivity | Saikogenin A, extracted from a Chinese herbal plant called Tsai-Fu, is a dipeptidyl peptidase-IV (DPP-IV) inhibitor. | ||||||||||||
| Invitro | Saikogenin A has certain inhibitory effect on the enzyme DPP-IV. At a concentration of 20 μg/mL DPP-IV inhibition is 47.6%. DPP-IV is a non-classical serine aminopeptidase from its amino terminus of polypeptides and proteins (N-terminus) removing Xaa-Pro dipeptide[1]. | ||||||||||||
| Name | Saikogenin A | ||||||||||||
| CAS | 5092-09-1 | ||||||||||||
| Formula | C30H48O4 | ||||||||||||
| Molar Mass | 472.70 | ||||||||||||
| Transport | Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere. | ||||||||||||
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