Braylin has anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive and immunomodulatory effects, which possibly act through the glucocorticoid receptor activation and by inhibition of the transcriptional activity of NF-κB. Braylin is also a phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor, it could represent an ideal prototype of glucocorticoid receptor ligand, able to induce synergic immunomodulatory effects.
Artanin displays promising inhibition against both MSSA and MRSA with minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of 8-64 ug ml, but very weak against Gram-negative pathogen and yeast with MICs of 256 to ≥1024 ug ml.
6-Acetonyldihydrochelerythrine exhibits significant antioxidant activities, it exhibits significant anti-HIV activity in H9 lymphocytes with EC50 and TI (Therapeutic Index) values of 1.77 microg mL and 14.6, respectively. 6-Acetonyldihydrochelerythrine is