Emodin targets the beta-hydroxyacyl-acyl carrier protein dehydratase from Helicobacter pylori: enzymatic inhibition assay with crystal structural and thermodynamic characterization
Chen, J., Zhang, L., Zhang, Y., Zhang, H., Du, J., Ding, J., Guo, Y., Jiang, H., Shen, X.(2009) BMC Microbiol 9: 91-91
- PubMed: 19433000 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-9-91
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3ED0 - PubMed Abstract: 
The natural product Emodin demonstrates a wide range of pharmacological properties including anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antiproliferation, vasorelaxant and anti-H. pylori activities. Although its H. pylori inhibition was discovered, no acting target information against Emodin has been revealed to date.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Drug Discovery and Design Center, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, PR China. jingchen@mail.shcnc.ac.cn