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Product name | 7,8-DIHYDROXYFLAVONE |
CAS number | 38183-03-8 |
Molecular formula | C15H10O4 |
Molecular weight | 254.24 |
Appearance | White powder |
Purity | 99.0% |
Function | 7,8-Dihydroxyflavone (7,8-DHF) is a naturally occurring flavone found in Godmania aesculifolia, Tridax procumbens, and primula tree leaves. It has been found to act as a potent and selective small-molecule agonist of the tropomyosin receptor kinase B (TrkB) (Kd ≈ 320 nM), the main signaling receptor of the neurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). 7,8-DHF is both orally bioavailable and able to penetrate the blood-brain barrier. A prodrug of 7,8-DHF with greatly improved potency and pharmacokinetics, R7, is under development for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. |
Description | 7,8-Dihydroxyflavone (7,8-DHF) is a naturally occurring flavone found in Godmania aesculifolia, Tridax procumbens, and primula tree leaves. It has been found to act as a potent and selective small-molecule agonist of the tropomyosin receptor kinase B (TrkB) (Kd ≈ 320 nM), the main signaling receptor of the neurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). 7,8-DHF is both orally bioavailable and able to penetrate the blood-brain barrier. A prodrug of 7,8-DHF with greatly improved potency and pharmacokinetics, R7, is under development for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. |
7,8-DHF has demonstrated remarkable therapeutic efficacy in animal models of a variety of central nervous system disorders,
including depression, Alzheimer's disease, cognitive deficits in schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease,
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, cerebral ischemia, fragile X syndrome, and Rett syndrome.
7,8-DHF also shows efficacy in animal models of age-associated cognitive impairment and enhances memory consolidation and emotional learning in healthy rodents.
In addition, 7,8-DHF possesses powerful antioxidant activity independent of its actions on the TrkB receptor, and protects against glutamate-induced excitotoxicity, 6-hydroxydopamine-induced dopaminergic neurotoxicity, and oxidative stress-induced genotoxicity.