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The active substance-shikonin is found in a plant called Lithospermum erythrorhizon or red-root sparrow. According to the chemical structure, shikonin belongs to the naphthoquinone compound. Research conducted over the past few years has provided a scientific basis for the use of shikonin, which has long been used in folk medicine to treat various infectious and non-communicable diseases. In particular, shikonin has been shown to have many diverse properties, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and wound healing effects. The fact that shikonin exhibits so many active properties has dramatically increased interest in this molecule, especially in the last few years. The wide range of pharmacological effects of shikonin, as well as its pharmacokinetic properties and toxicity, make it a very interesting target molecule.
Benefits
Shikonin has a wide range of pharmacological properties
- such as anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antitumor, wound healing, and others.
- Shikonin, which has undergone numerous tests, has shown that it has the ability to selectively act on cancer cells, causing necrotic processes in them, or apoptosis (that is, the programmed splitting of cells into fragments), thereby destroying them.
- Shikonin has also been shown to increase glucose uptake in adipose tissues by increasing insulin signaling.
- During experiments on rats, it was found that shikonin increases the absorption of glucose in muscle cells through the insulin-independent pathway with the help of calcium.
Application
The substance of shikonin is often purchased by manufacturers of cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, for the manufacture of various products: creams, ointments, balsams and much more.
It is widely used as a dye in the food and chemical industry.
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