Chamomile is an aromatic oil extracted from the flowers or leaves of the daisy-like plants. Extracts, oils and teas made from chamomile are used for its soothing qualities as a sedative, mild analgesic and sleep medication. Chamomile has not been implicated in causing serum enzyme elevations or clinically apparent liver injury.
Apigenin抑制v-Ha-ras-转化的NIH3T3细胞中蛋白激酶C活性,分裂素激活的蛋白激酶,C3HI小鼠胚胎成纤维细胞的转化以及下游致癌基因。Apigenin抑制LPS诱导的小鼠巨噬细胞中环氧合酶-2和一氧化氮合酶-2的活性和表达。Apigenin能够有效抑制培养的人类内皮细胞中TNFα诱导的细胞粘附分子-1的上调。Apigenin通过PI3K/Akt/p70S6K1和HDM2/p53信号通路抑制人类卵巢癌细胞中HIF-1α和VEGF的表达。Apigenin也降低TPA诱导的细胞蛋白的磷酸化水平,并抑制TPA诱导的c-jun和c-fos表达。Apigenin对转化的v-H-ras表型的NIH3T3细胞具有反转作用。在中国仓鼠卵巢细胞中,Apigenin能够抑制硝基芘诱导的毒性基因引起的突变。Apigenin阻断过氧物酶体增殖调控的激酶,离体肝细胞中的MAPK。在表皮细胞和成纤维细胞中,Apigenin通过抑制p34 (cdc2)激酶活性引起G2/M and G0/G1可逆阻滞,并伴随p53蛋白质稳定性增加。