Chelerythrine chloride
SIGMA/C2932 - ≥95% (TLC), powder
Synonym: 1,2-
CAS Number: 3895-92-9
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C21H18ClNO4
Molecular Weight: 383.82
MDL Number: MFCD00060717
Linear Formula: C21H18ClNO4
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | ≥95% (TLC) |
| biological source | plant |
| color | yellow to orange |
| form | powder |
| InChI | 1S/C21H18NO4.ClH/c1-22-10 |
| InChI key | SUPBMPBJXZDANZ-UHFFFAOYSA |
| mp | 213.0-214.0 °C |
| Quality Level | 100 ![]() |
| SMILES string | Cl.COc1ccc2-c3ccc4cc5OCOc |
| solubility | DMSO: 2 mg/mL |
| storage temp. | −20°C |
| 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) activity • for in vitro Xenopus experiments • 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 |
| Symbol | GHS06 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H300 - H315 - H319 - H335 |
| Precautionary statements | P261 - P264 - P270 - P301 + P310 - P302 + P352 - P305 + P351 + P338 |
| Hazard Codes | Xn |
| Risk Statements | 20/21/22-36/37/38 |
| Safety Statements | 26-36 |
| RIDADR | NONH for all modes of transport |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Purity | ≥95% (TLC) |
| mp | 213.0-214.0 °C |
| Storage Temp. | −20°C |
| UNSPSC | 12352200 |


