Affiliation:
1. Department of Pharmacy Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University Gopalganj 8100 Bangladesh
2. Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University Gopalganj 8100 Bangladesh
3. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy Ain Shams University 11566, Abbassia Cairo Egypt
Abstract
AbstractRotundic acid (RA) is a naturally occurring pentacyclic triterpene with a multitude of pharmacological activities. The primary emphasis of this study is on summarizing the anticancer properties with the underlying mechanisms of RA and its derivatives, as well as the pharmacokinetic features. Data was collected (up to date as of November 10, 2023) from various reliable and authentic literatures by searching in different academic search engines, including PubMed, Springer Link, Scopus, Wiley Online, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, and Google Scholar. The findings imply that RA and its synthetic derivatives possess promising anti‐cancer properties against breast, colorectal, liver, and cervical cancers in various preclinical pharmacological test systems. The results also indicate that RA and its derivatives demonstrated anticancer effects via a number of cellular mechanisms, including apoptotic cell death, inhibition of oxidative stress, anti‐inflammatory effect, cytotoxicity, cell cycle arrest, anti‐proliferative effect, anti‐angiogenic effect, and inhibition of cancer cell migration and invasion. It has been proposed that RA and its derived compounds have the capability to serve as a hopeful chemotherapeutic agent, so further extensive clinical research is necessary.
Subject
Molecular Biology,Molecular Medicine,General Chemistry,Biochemistry,General Medicine,Bioengineering