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chebulinic acid
- Development stage
- Preclinical
- Lead developer
- CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute
- Modality
- Small Molecules
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Overview
Chebulinic acid is a naturally occurring hydrolyzable tannin polyphenol isolated from medicinal plants such as *Terminalia chebula* and studied as an experimental small-molecule anticancer and antioxidant agent. Preclinical work, including the provided breast cancer study, suggests it can inhibit tumor cell proliferation and induce apoptosis, but its mechanism is not established as a single validated drug-target interaction; instead, reported activity is pleiotropic and likely related to polyphenolic modulation of oxidative stress, cell-cycle regulation, and apoptosis-associated signaling. It is not an approved pharmaceutical product, and current evidence supports it as a research-stage natural product rather than a clinically developed drug, with formulation work exploring nanoparticle delivery to improve exposure and antitumor activity in models of breast cancer.
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- chebulinic acid
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Targets
ORM1 (Alpha-1-acid glycoprotein 1)CD4 (T lymphocyte surface antigen)CagA (Cytotoxin-associated gene A protein)HSA Site II (Human serum albumin Site II)DNA gyrase
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