Letter to the editor
Current biological and pharmacological updates on wogonin
Sarita Rawat1, Gaurav Gupta1, Sachchidanand Pathak1, Santosh Kumar Singh1, Himmat Singh1, Anurag Mishra1, Ritu Gilhotra1, Alaa A. A. Aljabali2, Harish Dureja3, Murtaza M. Tambuwala4, Dinesh K. Chellappan5, Kamal Dua6,7,8
1School of Pharmacy, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Mahal Road, Jagatpura, Jaipur, India
2Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Yarmouk University, Irbid 21163, Jordan
3Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana 124001, India
4School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, County, Londonderry, BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
5Department of Life Sciences, School of Pharmacy, International Medical University, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 57000
6Discipline of Pharmacy, Graduate School of Health, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
7Centre for Inflammation, Centenary Institute, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia
8Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) & School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, The University of Newcastle (UoN), Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
EXCLI J 2020;19:Doc635
Dear Editor,
Wogonin (5, 7-Dihydroxy-8-methoxy flavone) is a traditional naturally occurring flavonoid derived from the root extract of Chinese medicine, named Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi. Wogonin contains various biological properties which include allergic diseases, anti-cancer therapy, and anti-inflammatory activities. Wogonin also shows the effects of removing toxins and cleansing the heart (Ancuceanu et al., 2019[1]). The anticancer therapeutic activity of wogonin has been shown by the regulation of different cell signaling pathways, which includes protein kinase B pathway (serine-threonine kinase) and AMP-activated protein kinase pathways (Bei et al., 2020[2]). Wogonin also shows positive therapeutic anticancer effects in breast cancer by inhibiting the 5-LO/BLT2/ERK/IL-8/MMP-9 signaling cascade and establishes a major pharmacological anticancer activity (Bibi et al., 2019[3]). Current biological and pharmacological updates on wogonin have been reviewed (Table 1(Tab. 1); References in Table 1: Du et al., 2019[4]; Ewendt and Foller, 2019[5]; Fang et al., 2019[6]; Gao et al., 2019[7]; Gharari et al., 2020[8]; Hanioka et al., 2020[9]; Hong et al., 2020[10]; Huang et al., 2020[11]; Jiang et al., 2019[12]; Jiao et al., 2019[13]; Khan and Kamal, 2019[14][15]; Khushdil et al., 2019[16]; Kim et al., 2019[17]; Kong et al., 2019[18]; Liang et al., 2019[19]; Liau et al., 2019[20]; Luo et al., 2019[21]; Oomen et al., 2020[22]; Tan et al., 2019[23]; Wang and Cui, 2019[24]; Wang et al., 2019[25][26]; Wang et al., 2020[27]; Xing et al., 2019[28][29]; Zhang et al., 2019[30]).
Conflict of interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Table 1: Current biological and pharmacological updates on wogonin