| Stereochemistry | ACHIRAL |
| Molecular Formula | C12H14O4 |
| Molecular Weight | 222.2372 |
| Optical Activity | NONE |
| Defined Stereocenters | 0 / 0 |
| E/Z Centers | 0 |
| Charge | 0 |
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SMILES
COC1=CC(CC=C)=C(OC)C2=C1OCO2
InChI
InChIKey=QQRSPHJOOXUALR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1S/C12H14O4/c1-4-5-8-6-9(13-2)11-12(10(8)14-3)16-7-15-11/h4,6H,1,5,7H2,2-3H3
Apiole (1-allyl-2,5-dimethoxy-3,4-methylenedioxybenzene) is a phenylpropene, also known as apiol, parsley apiol or parsley camphor, found in the essential oils of celery leaf and all parts of parsley. Apiole and various preparations of parsley have been used for many years to procure the illegal abortion in Italy. Post-abortive vaginal bleeding, sometimes profuse, is a feature of these cases. A cumulative effect is apparent, parsley apiole being taken daily for between two and eight days before either death or abortion ensued. The lowest daily dose of apiole which induced abortion was 0.9 g taken for eight consecutive days. Parsley apiole is toxic in humans; the lowest total dose of apiole causing death is 4.2 g (2.1 g/day for 2 days) the lowest fatal daily dose is 770 mg, which was taken for 14 days; the lowest single fatal dose is 8 g.
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Daily oral maximum for parsley apiole of 0.4 mg/kg. The lowest daily dose of apiole which induced abortion was 0.9 g taken for eight consecutive days
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Oral
The COLO 205 (p53 wild-type) cell line were used for activity evaluation. The anti-proliferative effects of the compounds on cultured cells were measured using the MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) assay. The cells were seeded at a density of 2 x 10^4 cells per well in 24-well culture plates overnight and then treated with various concentrations of the compounds. After 24, 48 and 72 hours of incubation, 30 μL of 2 mg/mL MTT solution (in phosphate buffered saline (PBS), pH 7.4) was added to each well, and the plate was incubated for another 3 hours. Following incubation, the culture medium was removed from the wells by slow aspiration and replaced with 200 μl DMSO. The absorbance of each well was measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) reader at 550 nm.
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