Black sesame extract Sesamin 607-80-7

Product name: Sesamin

Latin Name: Sesamum indicum

Type: Herbal Extract Part used:

Seed Specifications: 10-90% Sesamin

Appearance: Pale Yellow to White Fine Powder

Sesamin (607-80-7) is a natural product derived from sesame seeds with anticancer1, antioxidant2, anti-inflammatory/ immuno -modulatory3, and antidiabetic4,5 effects. It also displayed effects on cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism

A lignan isolated from the bark of Fagara plants and from sesame oil. Studies show that it has has multiple functions such as cholesterol-lowering and anti-hypertensive activities. It induces the expr ession of the gene for aldehyde dehydrogenase, an alcohol-metabolizing enzyme suggesting it regulates the metabolism of lipids, xenobiotics, and alcohol at the mRNA level

Sesamin has been used:

• as a lignan to study its effects on the osteoblastic differentiation of rat bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs)
• as a standard for the isolation of sesamin from sesame oil
• as an enterolignan to study its effects on the proliferation of estrogen-receptor (ER)-positive human breast cancer MCF-7 cells