nordihydroguaiaretic acid


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nordihydroguaiaretic acid

A relatively nontoxic phenolic quinone obtained from the oily resin of the evergreen shrub (chaparral) or creosote bush (Larrea divaricata, Covillea tridentata).

Alternative pharmacology
NDGA appears to have a broad spectrum of anticancer properties, the efficacy of which is attributed to NDGA’s antioxidant activity, its virtually complete inhibition of anaerobic glycolysis and its inhibition of DNA synthesis; NDGA may be useful in treating choriocarcinoma, gastrointestinal tumours, gliomas of the brain, leukaemia, lymphoma and melanoma.

nordihydroguaiaretic acid

one of a group of chemicals which cause renal cysts when administered to experimental animals.
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Larrea tridentata (Creosote bush), an abundant plant of Mexican and US-American deserts and its metabolite nordihydroguaiaretic acid.
Uso potencial de extractos de Larrea divaricata con bajo contenido de NDGA como antioxidantes en comidas
The effect of nordihydroguaiaretic acid on iodoacetate-induced toxicity in cultured neurons.
Nordihydroguaiaretic acid activates the antioxidant pathway Nrf2/H0-1 and protects cerebellar granule neurons against oxidative stress.
Nordihydroguaiaretic acid induces Nrf2 nuclear translocation in vivo and attenuates renal damage and apoptosis in the ischemia and reperfusion model
Multiple effects of nordihydroguaiaretic acid on ionic currents in rat isolated type I carotid body cells.
current by nordihydroguaiaretic acid in porcine coronary arterial smooth muscle cells.
Arylnaphthalene lignans from Taiwania cryptomerioides as novel blockers of voltage-gated [K.sup.+] channels
Erimos has exclusive license for nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) derivatives from The Johns Hopkins University.
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Three LOX inhibitors, the non-specific inhibitor nordihydroguaiaretic acid, the 5-LOX inhibitor Rev-5901 and the 12-LOX inhibitor baicalain were all found to inhibit in vitro and in vivo growth of pancreatic cancer cell lines as well as inducing apoptosis.
Anti-proliferative lichen compounds with inhibitory activity on 12(S)-HETE production in human platelets
Nordihydroguaiaretic acid (SIGMA Chemicals) was used as a positive control.
Effects of tenuiorin and methyl orsellinate from the lichen Peltigera leucophiebia on 5-/15-lipoxygenases and proliferation of malignant cell lines in vitro

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