DL-Acetylshikonin can effectively inhibit tumor cells, it can be used to treat hepatocellular carcinoma cells expressing hepatitis B virus X protein (HBX) by inducing ER stress , an oncoprotein from hepatitis B virus. Acetylshikonin inhibits the production of eicosanoid, is due to the attenuation of cytosolic phospholipase A(2) membrane recruitment via the decrease in [Ca(2+)](i) and to the blockade of cyclooxygenase and 5-lipoxygenase activity.
19-HETE is one of the major cytochrome P450 (CYP450) metabolites of arachidonic acid that is released from the kidney in response to angiotensin II. When formed by the CYP2E1 isoform, 19-HETE is composed of 70% and 30% of the (S) and (R) stereoisomers, respectively. Both 19(S)- and 19(R)-HETE are potent vasodilators of renal preglomerular vessels. 19(S)-HETE stimulates both renal sodium-potassium ATPase and volume absorption in the rabbit proximal straight tubule.
(3S)-hydroxy Quinidine is an active quinidine metabolite. Quinidine, an antiarrhythmic agent, undergoes rapid first-pass metabolism by the cytochrome P450 (CYP) isoforms CYP3A4, CYP2C9, CYP2E1, and CYP3A5, with CYP3A4 being the most active enzyme in the (3S)-hydroxy quinidine formation. (3S)-hydroxy Quinidine prolongs repolarization of canine Purkinje fibers in vitro and prevents ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia after coronary reperfusion in isolated rat hearts in a dose-dependent manner.
6-hydroxy Chlorzoxazone is a metabolite of chlorzoxazone. [1] It is formed by metabolism of chlorzoxazone by the cytochrome P450 (CYP) isoform CYP2E1 in human hepatic microsomes.