Odoriflavene has antioxidant activity, and it also shows inhibition effects on the decrease of glutathione level of rat lens induced by UV irradiation. Odoriflavene shows cytotoxic activity against a SH-SY5Y cell line in vitro.
Pendulone could be a valuable chemopreventive agent, it shows strong inhibition on the effect of the cell cycle induced by TPA and shows potent anti-tumor-promoting activity for an in vivo two-stage carcinogenesis test.