Objective: Tanshinone IIA (Tan IIA) has been used in treatment of ischemic stroke in China. This study was designed to investigate the underlying neuroprotective mechanism of Tan IIA pretreatment in primary cultured rat hippocampal neurons incurred oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD). Method: Hippocampal neurons was prepared from E18 embryonic rats and identified by immunocytochemical staining. Af...

Tanshinone IIA (Tan IIA; 14,16-epoxy-20-nor-5(10),6,8,13,15-abietapentaene-11,12-dione), a phytochemical derived from the roots of Salvia miltiorrhiza BUNGE, has been reported to posses anti-angiogenic, anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and apoptotic activities. However, the cancer growth inhibitory/cytocidal effects and molecular mechanisms in prostate cancer cells have not been well studied. In...

Tanshinone IIA (Tan-IIA) may inhibit the growth of human non-small cell lung cancer A549 cells. However, the molecular mechanisms behind this malignancy have yet to be established. In the present study, we examined the effects of Tan-IIA on human small cell lung cancer H146 cells in vitro. The cytotoxicity of Tan-IIA in H146 cells was measured using the MTT assay. Mitochondrial membrane potenti...

Abstract Aurora B kinase is aberrantly overexpressed in various tumors and shown to be a promising target for anti-cancer therapy. In human oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), the high protein level of required maintaining malignant phenotypes, including vitro growth, colony formation, vivo tumor development. By molecular modeling screening 74 commercially available natural products, we identi...

Solid dispersions of tanshinone IIA (TanIIA) using hydroxyapatite (HAp) as the dispersing carrier (TanIIA-HAp SDs) were prepared by the solvent evaporation method. The formed solid dispersions were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential scanning calorimetry analysis (DSC), X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) and Fourier transforms infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The in vitr...