Application
Chelerythrine chloride has been used:as a supplement in heat-inactivated late-embryo extract or late-embryo extract to inhibit protein kinase C (PKC) activityfor in vitroXenopusexperiments as a PKC inhibitor in HL-1 cells, to block the PKC pathway to study its effects on doxazosin-induced galectin-3 and collagen expression
Biochem/physiol Actions
Chelerythrine chloride (CHE) is capable of preventing the growth and apoptosis in human gastric cancer BGC-823 cells. It possesses several biological effects and also can induce the phosphorylation of a ~20 kDa protein present in the mitochondrial fraction of the rat retina.
Features and Benefits
This compound is featured on the P2 Receptors: P2X Ion Channel Family and PKC pages of the Handbook of Receptor Classification and Signal Transduction. To browse other handbook pages, click here.
General description
Chelerythrine chloride (CHE), a benzophenanthridine alkaloid is an inhibitor of protein kinase C (PKC). It is the active component of Macleaya cordata.
Packaging
1, 5 mg in glass insert
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