Compound Monograph
Tricolorin A
A resin glycoside of morning-glory aerial parts with in-vitro antibacterial and antiproliferative activity.
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Where Does It Come From?
Tricolorin A is a naturally occurring resin glycoside, found in Morning glory. It is flagged as moderately toxic.
Concentration
Content by Source
Concentrations not reported. No percent-dry-weight or mg/g figures have been published for this compound in its source plants.
Research & Evidence
Tricolorin A is a resin glycoside (a glycosidic ester of a hydroxy fatty acid) from Ipomoea tricolor aerial parts — not the seed, which is the part associated with the lysergamides. It showed an in-vitro S. aureus MIC of 1.8 µg/mL, cytotoxicity against P-388 and breast lines, protein-kinase-C inhibition and phytogrowth inhibition (PMID 8496705).
Toxicity & Safety
Resin glycosides are the purgative principle of the Convolvulaceae and are membrane-active; the reported profile includes cell-line cytotoxicity. No isolated-compound mammalian safety dataset exists.
Placeholder entry — a full monograph is pending via the compound-expansion worklist.
