Dehydrovomifoliol could be a marker of Polish heather honey. Dehydrovomifoliol exhibits moderate acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitory activities. Dehydrovomifoliol shows significant cytotoxic activities against three human cancer cell lines, namely, HONE-1 nasopharyngeal, KB oral epidermoid carcinoma, and HT29 colorectal carcinoma cells, and the IC(50) values in the range 3.7-8.1 microM.
Ethyl ferulate could be used for therapeutic purposes as a potent inducer of HO-1 for the protection of brain cells against oxidative and neurodegenerative conditions.
Alpha-Chaconine has anti-inflammatory effect, associated with the suppression of AP-1, and supports its possible therapeutic role for the treatment of sepsis. Alpha-Chaconine also has cytotoxic effects.
Sambutoxin, a new mycotoxin produced by toxic Fusarium isolates obtained from rotted potato tubers, it can cause toxic effects in rats, including body weight loss, feed refusal, hemorrhage in the stomach and intestines, and, finally, death when rats were