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phytol

Cross-References

ID SourceID
PubMed CID145386
SCHEMBL ID22784
MeSH IDM0016825

Synonyms (19)

Synonym
3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadec-2-en-1-ol
phytol ,
3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-2-hexadecenol
(e)-3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadec-2-en-1-ol
2-hexadecen-1-ol, 3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-
7541-49-3
123164-54-5
c20h40o
SCHEMBL22784
mfcd00002919
AKOS026676614
3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-2-hexadecenyl alcohol
FT-0771556
DTXSID40859291
FT-0775424
2-hexadecen-1-ol, 3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-; 3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-2-hexadecen-1-ol; 3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-2-hexadecene-1-ol; phytol
(e)-3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-2-hexadecen-1-ol
SY316289
SY057287

Research Excerpts

Overview

ExcerptReference
"Phytol is a diterpene alcohol found abundantly in nature as the phytyl side chain of chlorophylls. "( Matsuda, H; Mikami, K; Narai-Kanayama, A; Seo, Y; Yokosaka, SI; Yoshino, T, 2023)
"Phytol is a diterpene constituent of chlorophyll and has been shown to have several pharmacological properties, particularly in relation to the management of painful inflammatory diseases. "( Antoniolli, AR; Carvalho, AMS; Coutinho, HDM; Heimfarth, L; Menezes, IRA; Oliveira, FS; Pereira, EWM; Picot, L; Quintans, JSS; Quintans-Júnior, LJ, 2020)
"Phytol (PHY) is an acyclic natural diterpene alcohol and a chlorophyll constituent that exhibits several pharmacological effects, such as anticancer, antioxidant, and antimicrobial. "( Ayatollahi, SA; Islam, MT; Islam, T; Khan, MR; Martins, N; Mubarak, MS; Paul, A; Salehi, B; Sharifi-Rad, J; Sifat, N; Zihad, SMNK, 2020)
"Phytol is a diterpene alcohol with demonstrated anticancer effects."( Sheikhbahaei, M; Soltanian, S; Ziasistani, M, 2021)
"Phytol is a side chain of chlorophyll belonging to the side-chain double terpenoid. "( Gao, P; Jiang, Q; Lin, X; Luo, L; Peng, J; Shu, G; Wang, J; Wang, L; Wang, S; Xi, Q; Yang, K; Zhang, Y; Zhou, G; Zhu, X, 2017)
"Phytol (PYT) is a diterpene member of the long-chain unsaturated acyclic alcohols. "( Ahmed, MI; Ali, ES; Apostolov, A; Atanasov, AG; Banach, M; Berindan-Neagoe, I; Billah, MM; Chandra Shill, M; Dey, P; El-Demerdash, A; Gulei, D; Horbańczuk, J; Islam, MA; Islam, MT; Jóźwik, A; Kamal, MA; Karmakar, UK; Khan, IN; Malainer, C; Marchewka, J; Mishra, SK; Mubarak, MS; Nicoletti, F; Pieczynska, MD; Rengasamy, KRR; Shaw, S; Shilpi, JA; Strzałkowska, N; Uddin, SJ; Xiao, J; Yarla, NS; Yele, S; Yeung, AWK; Zengin, G, 2018)
"Phytol is a common food additive and nonmutagenic, with satisfactory safety."( Allegretti, SM; Costa, JP; de Moraes, J; de Oliveira, RN; de Sousa, DP; Freitas, RM; Junior, AL; Pinto, PL, 2014)
"Phytol is a diterpene alcohol of medicinal importance and it also has potential to be used as biofuel. "( Basu, C; Gupta, D; Ip, T; Summers, ML, 2015)
"Phytol (PYT) is a diterpenoid having important biological activity. "( Cardoso Silva, SW; da Conceição Machado, K; da Costa Junior, JS; da Mata, AM; da Silva-Junior, AA; de Alencar, MV; de Carvalho Melo-Cavalcante, AA; de Castro E Sousa, JM; Gomes Júnior, AL; Islam, MT; Lins Rolim, HM; Paz, MF; Streck, L, 2017)
"Phytol is a branched chain fatty alcohol, which is abundantly present in nature as part of the chlorophyll molecule. "( Dacremont, G; Jansen, GA; Rontani, JF; van den Brink, DM; van Miert, JN; Wanders, RJ, 2004)
"Phytol is a branched-chain fatty alcohol that is a naturally occurring precursor of phytanic acid, a fatty acid involved in the pathogenesis of Refsum disease. "( Dacremont, G; Rontani, JF; van den Brink, DM; van Miert, JN; Wanders, RJ, 2005)
"Phytol is a naturally occurring precursor of phytanic acid. "( Ferdinandusse, S; Gloerich, J; Ofman, R; Ruiter, JP; van den Brink, DM; Wanders, RJ, 2006)
"Phytol is a branched, long-chain aliphatic alcohol which has various biological effects. "( Kagoura, M; Matsui, C; Morohashi, M, 1999)

Actions

ExcerptReference
"Phytol was found to cause characteristic apoptotic morphological changes and generation of ROS in A549 cells."( Ray, A; Subramanian, RB; Thakkar, SS; Thakkar, VR; Thakor, P, 2017)
"Phytol induced the increase in PPARalpha-dependent luciferase activity and the degree of in vitro binding of a coactivator, SRC-1, to GST-PPARalpha."( Ebisu, S; Egawa, K; Fushiki, T; Goto, T; Kato, S; Kawada, T; Moriyama, T; Takahashi, N, 2005)

Treatment

ExcerptReference
"Upon phytol-treatment in C3H10T1/2 cells, mir-21a and Smad7 levels were increased and decreased, respectively."( Abhinandan, R; Akshaya, RL; Balagangadharan, K; Pranavadithya, S; Pranavkrishna, S; Sanjeev, G; Selvamurugan, N; Siddabathuni, N; Sidharthan, DS; Srinivasan, S, 2020)
"In phytol-treated cells, elevated level of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and transient NADH depletion were observed."( Lee, DG; Lee, W; Woo, ER, 2016)
"Treatment with phytol inhibited the expression of microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) by phosphorylating extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK)."( Cho, SK; Ko, GA, 2018)

Research

Studies (326)

TimeframeStudies, This Drug (%)All Drugs %
pre-199080 (24.54)18.7374
1990's24 (7.36)18.2507
2000's70 (21.47)29.6817
2010's113 (34.66)24.3611
2020's39 (11.96)2.80
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Study Types

Publication TypeThis drug (%)All Drugs (%)
Trials0 (0.00%)5.53%
Reviews17 (4.89%)6.00%
Case Studies8 (2.30%)4.05%
Observational0 (0.00%)0.25%
Other323 (92.82%)84.16%
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Research Highlights

Safety/Toxicity (3)

ArticleYear
Phytol loaded PLGA nanoparticles regulate the expression of Alzheimer's related genes and neuronal apoptosis against amyloid-β induced toxicity in Neuro-2a cells and transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans.
Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association, Volume: 136
2020
Evaluation of toxic, cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of phytol and its nanoemulsion.
Chemosphere, Volume: 177
2017
Toxicity of ozone and nitrogen dioxide to alveolar macrophages: comparative study revealing differences in their mechanism of toxic action.
Journal of toxicology and environmental health, Volume: 19, Issue: 4
1986
[information is derived through text-mining from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Bioavailability (1)

ArticleYear
Evaluation of toxic, cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of phytol and its nanoemulsion.
Chemosphere, Volume: 177
2017
[information is derived through text-mining from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]