16-Hydroxycleroda-3,13-dien-15,16-olide, and prodigiosin are presented as candidates for autophagy inducers that can trigger cell death in a supplement or alternative medicine for cancer therapy. 16-Hydroxycleroda-3,13-dien-15,16-olide regulates the expre
ent-3-Acetoxy-labda-8(17),13-dien-15-oic acid have vasorelaxant and hypotensive actions, the mechanisms underlying the cardiovascular actions of the labdane involve the activation of the endothelial NO-cGMP pathway, the opening of K+ channels and the alteration on Ca2+ mobilization.
ent-16-Kaurene-3beta,15beta,18-triol, ent-16-kaurene-3beta,15beta-diol,abbeokutone,and helioscopinolide A possess appreciable anti-allergic activities in RBL-2H3 cells model with IC50 values ranging from 22.5 to 42.2 microM.
Ent-11alpha-Hydroxy-15-oxokaur-16-en-19-oic acid has anti-cancer activity, it induces apoptosis of human malignant cancer cells, it also inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma in vitro and in vivo via stabilizing IkBα.
3β-Acetoxy-urs-11-en-28,13-olide exhibits significant protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) inhibitory activity, it is a mixed-type PTP1B inhibitor. It exhibits weak-moderate antiproliferative activity against the A2780 human ovarian cancer cell line.