Ginsenoside Rg3 - Moligand™, analytical standard, ≥98% , Activator of K v11.1, CAS No.14197-60-5, Activator of K v11.1

CAS: 14197-60-5 Cat. No.: G107681 Molecular Weight: 785.01 EC Number: 683-189-8

GRADE & PURITY Analytical standard, Moligand™, ≥98%

Synonyms

20(S)-Ginsenoside Rg3 | (3β,12β)-12,20-Dihydroxydammar-24-en-3-yl 2-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-β-D-glucopyranoside

Storage

Store at 2-8°C,Protected from light

Shipped In

Wet ice

Specifications

Synonyms

20(S)-Ginsenoside Rg3 | (3β, 12β)-12, 20-Dihydroxydammar-24-en-3-yl 2-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-β-D-glucopyranoside

Specifications & Purity

Moligand™, analytical standard, ≥98%

Biochemical and Physiological Mechanisms

Ginsenoside Rg3 is a natural product isolated from ginseng. Similar to other ginsenosides, it has a cardioprotective effect. Ginsenoside Rg3 enhances cardiac, hERG (IKr), and KCNQ (Iks) channel currents through its interaction with the entrance of channel

Storage

Store at 2-8°C, Protected from light

Shipped In

Wet ice

This product requires cold chain shipping. Ground and other economy services are not available.

Grade

Analytical standard, Moligand™

Action Type

ACTIVATOR

Mechanism of action

Activator of K v11.1

Purity

≥98%

Names and Identifiers

• Canonical Smiles: CC(=CCCC(C)(C1CCC2(C1C(CC3C2(CCC4C3(CCC(C4(C)C)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)O)O)C)C)O)C)O)C
• IUPAC Name: (2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-2-[[(3S,5R,8R,9R,10R,12R,13R,14R,17S)-12-hydroxy-17-[(2S)-2-hydroxy-6-methylhept-5-en-2-yl]-4,4,8,10,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-yl]oxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol
• InChIKey: RWXIFXNRCLMQCD-JBVRGBGGSA-N
• INCHI: 1S/C42H72O13/c1-21(2)10-9-14-42(8,51)22-11-16-41(7)29(22)23(45)18-27-39(5)15-13-28(38(3,4)26(39)12-17-40(27,41)6)54-37-35(33(49)31(47)25(20-44)53-37)55-36-34(50)32(48)30(46)24(19-43)52-36/h10,22-37,43-51H,9,11-20H2,1-8H3/t22-,23+,24+,25+,26-,27+,28-,29-,30+,31+,32-,33-,34+,35+,36-,37-,39-,40+,41+,42-/m0/s1
• Isomeric SMILES: CC(=CCC[C@@](C)([C@H]1CC[C@@]2([C@@H]1[C@@H](C[C@H]3[C@]2(CC[C@@H]4[C@@]3(CC[C@@H](C4(C)C)O[C@H]5[C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H]([C@H](O5)CO)O)O)O[C@H]6[C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H]([C@H](O6)CO)O)O)O)C)C)O)C)O)C
• Alternate CAS: 38243-03-7
• Molecular Weight: 785.01
• Reaxy-Rn: 27844255
• Reaxys-RN_link_address: https://www.reaxys.com/reaxys/secured/hopinto.do?context=S&query=IDE.XRN=27844255&ln=

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomy Tree

• Kingdom Organic compounds
  • Superclass Lipids and lipid-like molecules
    • Class Prenol lipids
      • Subclass Terpene glycosides
        • Level5 Triterpene glycosides
          • Level6 Triterpene saponins

• Kingdom: Organic compounds
• Superclass: Lipids and lipid-like molecules
• Class: Prenol lipids
• Subclass: Terpene glycosides
• Intermediate Tree Nodes: Triterpene glycosides
• Direct Parent: Triterpene saponins
• Alternative Parents: Triterpenoids Steroidal glycosides 14-alpha-methylsteroids 12-hydroxysteroids O-glycosyl compounds Disaccharides Oxanes Tertiary alcohols Secondary alcohols Cyclic alcohols and derivatives Polyols Oxacyclic compounds Acetals Primary alcohols Hydrocarbon derivatives
• Molecular Framework: Aliphatic heteropolycyclic compounds
• Substituents: Triterpene saponin - Triterpenoid - Steroidal glycoside - 20-hydroxysteroid - 12-hydroxysteroid - Hydroxysteroid - 14-alpha-methylsteroid - Steroid - Disaccharide - Glycosyl compound - O-glycosyl compound - Oxane - Cyclic alcohol - Tertiary alcohol - Secondary alcohol - Polyol - Acetal - Oxacycle - Organoheterocyclic compound - Primary alcohol - Organooxygen compound - Hydrocarbon derivative - Alcohol - Organic oxygen compound - Aliphatic heteropolycyclic compound
• Description: This compound belongs to the class of organic compounds known as triterpene saponins. These are glycosylated derivatives of triterpene sapogenins. The sapogenin moiety backbone is usually based on the oleanane, ursane, taraxastane, bauerane, lanostane, lupeol, lupane, dammarane, cycloartane, friedelane, hopane, 9b,19-cyclo-lanostane, cycloartane, or cycloartanol skeleton.
• External Descriptors: glycoside - tetracyclic triterpenoid - ginsenoside

Data sources

1. Djoumbou Feunang Y, Eisner R, Knox C, Chepelev L, Hastings J, Owen G, Fahy E, Steinbeck C, Subramanian S, Bolton E, Greiner R, and Wishart DS. ClassyFire: Automated Chemical Classification With A Comprehensive, Computable Taxonomy. Journal of Cheminformatics, 2016, 8:61.

DOI: 10.1186/s13321-016-0174-y

Associated Targets(Human)

KCNH2 Tclin Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily H member 2 (1 Activities)

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TOP1 Tclin DNA topoisomerase I (7553 Activities)

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TOP2A Tclin DNA topoisomerase II alpha (6317 Activities)

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AKR1B1 Tclin Aldose reductase (1404 Activities)

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NR1I2 Tchem Pregnane X receptor (6667 Activities)

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AKT1 Tchem Serine/threonine-protein kinase AKT (9192 Activities)

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DU-145 (51482 Activities)

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HCT-8 (3484 Activities)

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HL-60 (67320 Activities)

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PANC-1 (6144 Activities)

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PC-3 (62116 Activities)

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SH-SY5Y (11521 Activities)

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U-251 (51189 Activities)

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A549 (127892 Activities)

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HEK293 (82097 Activities)

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HepG2 (196354 Activities)

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KB (17409 Activities)

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SIRT1 Tchem NAD-dependent deacetylase sirtuin 1 (3505 Activities)

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USP1 Tchem Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 1 (22556 Activities)

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Associated Targets(non-human)

Hdac6 Histone deacetylase 6 (222 Activities)

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Mus musculus (284745 Activities)

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C6 (2371 Activities)

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rep Replicase polyprotein 1ab (378 Activities)

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Plasma (328 Activities)

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Nfe2l2 Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (214 Activities)

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Mechanisms of Action

Chemical and Physical Properties

• Sensitivity: Moisture sensitive，Light sensitive，Heat sensitiv
• Melt Point(°C): 175-177oC
• Molecular Weight: 785.000 g/mol
• XLogP3: 4.000
• Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 9
• Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 13
• Rotatable Bond Count: 10
• Exact Mass: 784.497 Da
• Monoisotopic Mass: 784.497 Da
• Topological Polar Surface Area: 219.000 Ų
• Heavy Atom Count: 55
• Formal Charge: 0
• Complexity: 1370.000
• Isotope Atom Count: 0
• Defined Atom Stereocenter Count: 20
• Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count: 0
• Defined Bond Stereocenter Count: 0
• Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count: 0
• The total count of all stereochemical bonds: 0
• Covalently-Bonded Unit Count: 1

References

1. Zeng Xiangfeng, Liu Shengyao, Yang Hua, Jia Menglei, Liu Wei, Zhu Wenting.  (2023)  Synergistic anti-tumour activity of ginsenoside Rg3 and doxorubicin on proliferation, metastasis and angiogenesis in osteosarcoma by modulating mTOR/HIF-1α/VEGF and EMT signalling pathways.  JOURNAL OF PHARMACY AND PHARMACOLOGY,      [PMID:37498992] [10.1093/jpp/rgad070]

2. Ren Rongfan, Li Hongli, Jiang Qing, Wang Xing, Chen David Da Yong.  (2022)  Characterization of ginsenoside structural isomers from mixtures using in situ methylation with direct analysis in real-time ionization tandem mass spectrometry.  ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY,  415  (5): (887-897).  [PMID:36571591] [10.1007/s00216-022-04482-w]

3. Tianhua Liu, Ling Zuo, Dongqing Guo, Xinlou Chai, Jie Xu, Zhaorui Cui, Zhiyi Wang, Chunying Hou.  (2019)  Ginsenoside Rg3 regulates DNA damage in non-small cell lung cancer cells by activating VRK1/P53BP1 pathway.  BIOMEDICINE & PHARMACOTHERAPY,      [PMID:31629252] [10.1016/j.biopha.2019.109483]

4. Nan Zhao, Mengchun Cheng, Shuai Huang, Dan Liu, Qiang Zhao, Yunpeng Bai, Xiaozhe Zhang.  (2019)  Various Multicharged Anions of Ginsenosides in Negative Electrospray Ionization with QTOF High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY,      [PMID:30644055] [10.1007/s13361-018-2089-5]

5. Lu Jianrao, Yi Yang, Pan Ronghua, Zhang Chuanfu, Han Haiyan, Chen Jie, Liu Wenrui.  (2017)  Berberine protects HK-2 cells from hypoxia/reoxygenation induced apoptosis via inhibiting SPHK1 expression.  Journal of Natural Medicines,  72  (2): (390-398).  [PMID:29260413] [10.1007/s11418-017-1152-z]

6. Xiaonan Zhang, Kang Chen, Bo Wei, Xingwang Liu, Zeming Lei, Xizhuang Bai.  (2016)  Ginsenosides Rg3 attenuates glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis through regulating BMP-2/BMPR1A/Runx2 signaling pathway.  CHEMICO-BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS,      [PMID:27387537] [10.1016/j.cbi.2016.07.003]

7. Xinyi Lv, Yuehan Song, Tianhua Liu, Dingdan Zhang, Xinpeng Ye, Qingqing Wang, Rongrong Li, Jiayi Chen, Shujing Zhang, Xue Yu, Chunying Hou.  (2025)  Ginsenoside Rg3 Adjunctively Increases the Efficacy of Gefitinib Against NSCLC by Regulating EGFR Copy Number.  Pharmaceuticals,  18  (7): (1077).  [PMID:40732366] [10.3390/ph18071077]

8. Huan Li, Hongyan Wang, Xiaolei Xu, Li Qu, Xiuling Sun, Jing Zhang.  (2025)  Protective effect of ginsenoside Rg3 on DBP-induced spermatogenesis injury via the Src/PI3K signaling pathway.  REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY,      [PMID:40930195] [10.1016/j.reprotox.2025.109047]

9. Chong Zhong, Yong-Fa Zhang, Jun-Hai Huang, Zi-Yu Wang, Qiu-Yuan Chen, Li-Tian Su, Zhen-Tao Liu, Cheng-Ming Xiong, Zhi Tao, Rong-Ping Guo.  (2017)  The Chinese medicine, Jianpi Huayu Decoction, inhibits the epithelial mesenchymal transition via the regulation of the Smad3/Smad7 cascade.  American Journal of Translational Research,      [PMID:28670362] [PMID:28670362]