Tanshinone
General
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Tanshinones are a class of chemical compounds. Examples include dihydrotanshinone, tanshinone I, or tanshinone IIA. These compounds are all naturally occurring and can all be isolated from Salvia miltiorrhiza. Dihydrotanshinone I has been reported to have cytotoxicity to a variety of tumor cells. Tanshinone I is anti-inflammatory, and modulates or prevents breast cancer metastasis by regulating adhesion molecules. Tanshinone IIA is anti-inflammatory, an antioxidant, and cytotoxic against a variety of cell lines
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