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Human hepatoma-cell lipid staining after shikimic acid
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What it does
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What acts on it
SA reduced lipid staining in the tested human hepatoma cell contexts.
Experimental context and source evidence
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- experimental_contrast
- {"intervention": "SA treatment", "comparator": "Matched untreated cells", "endpoint": "SA reduced lipid staining in the tested human hepatoma cell contexts.", "effect_direction": "decrease", "combination": "single", "conditions": []} Explicit extracted experimental comparison; source-derived draft.
- experimental_model
- HepG2/Huh7 cell study; full source retained, exact individual dose unextracted.
- interpretation_status
- Source-derived extraction of a fact-checked reference; access is explicit, not independent raw-data verification.
- limitations
- Cell staining is not human fatty-liver treatment efficacy.
- plain_language
- SA reduced lipid staining in the tested human hepatoma cell contexts.
- primary_references
- Hypolipogenic Effect of Shikimic Acid Via Inhibition of MID1IP1 and Phosphorylation of AMPK/ACC. | 2019 | DOI 10.3390/ijms20030582 | PMID 30700011 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30700011/ | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20030582 | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6387373/
- source_locator
- Reviewed reference lines 77-77; exact primary location described in quoted passage where extracted.
Shikimic acid: detailed mechanisms of action (reviewed 5 October 2026) · lines 77–77
Original AI-assisted review of primary studies and, where relevant, official regulatory records. Access level is retained per claim. Corrections, null results and unresolved questions remain explicit. Not publisher full text or independent replication. · supports · HepG2/Huh7 cell study; full source retained, exact individual dose unextracted. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
**Lipid accumulation studies identify responses, not direct inhibition.** In HepG2/Huh7 and 3T3-L1 experiments, shikimic acid was associated with lower lipid staining and altered lipogenic proteins, including lower MID1IP1, LXRα and SREBP-1c; AMPKα and ACC phosphorylation increased in the reported cell contexts. Genetic manipulation of MID1IP1 and compound-C experiments probed pathway involvement. These cultured-cell observations do not prove direct binding to MID1IP1, human fatty-liver efficacy, or that AMPK causes the triglyceride change in the separate mouse-feeding study. Individual cell-dose details remain in the original paper rather than being guessed. [Hypolipogenic Effect of Shikimic Acid Via Inhibition of MID1IP1 and Phosphorylation of AMPK/ACC.](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30700011/)
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