Myristicin, a phenylpropene, is an essential oil component. It has anticholinergic and psychotropic activities.
Cytochalasin reported to have CNS activity
Cercosporin, a polyketide phytotoxin, is activated by light and in the activated state, reacts with oxygen to produce toxic oxygen species such as singlet oxygen (O2) and superoxide (O2-).
Potent endothelin receptor antagonist. Antiosteoporotic compound. Shows also remarkable antibacterial and cytotoxic activity.
Intermediate in the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids via the shikimate pathway. Chorismic acid is a metabolite generally used in the study of chorismate-prephenate rearrangement and to synthesize chorismate derivatives.
Aflatoxin B1 is a carcinogenic compound produced by Aspergillus flavus, a common soil fungus, that induces transversion of G to T at codon 249 of the p53 tumor suppressor gene.
Reversible inhibitor of serine/cysteine proteases and some trypsin-like serine proteases. Its action resembles leupeptin; however, its plasmin inhibition is less and its cathepsin A inhibition is more than that observed with leupeptin. Chronic administration of antipain can reduce the frequency of chemically induced transformation in BALB/c-/3T3 cells.