Trans-Clovamide (trans-Clovamide) is a naturally occurring caffeoyl conjugate identified in the antioxidant polyphenolic fraction of cocoa (T. cacao L.) Trans-Clovamide is a potent antioxidantand that has shown neuroprotective effects (EC50s = 0.9-3.7 µM) in several in vitro models of neuronal death. Trans-Clovamide is an excellent ROS and oxygen radical scavenger and also has anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective effects. Clovamide is an anti-microbial with activity against the human pathogens influenza A subtype H5N1, Trypanosoma evansi, and Heliobacter pylori.

Clovamide在三种体外神经元死亡模型中保护神经元免受损伤：氧化应激、兴奋毒性和OGD/再氧化。在SH-SY5Y人类神经母细胞瘤细胞中，Clovamide (10-100 μM) 显著地保护细胞免于死亡，其EC50值为3.6 μM。Clovamide抑制可可中三种Phytophthora属病原体的生长，可作为可可多酚氧化酶的底物，是促成酶促褐变的贡献者。此外，Clovamide在体外抑制蛋白酶和果胶酶，并增强PPARγ表达。