Silvestrol aglycone is a Silvestrol analogue, inhibits protein translation initiation in cancer cells, with EC50s of 10 and 200 nM for myc-LUC and tub-LUC luciferase reporter protein translation, respectively. Anti-cancer activity[1].
Silvestrol aglycone (Compound 4) inhibits the proliferation of MDA-MB-231 cells with an E50 of 20 ± 10 nM after 72 h[1].
[1]. Liu T, et al. Synthetic silvestrol analogues as potent and selective protein synthesis inhibitors. J Med Chem. 2012 Oct 25;55(20):8859-78.