Cucurbitacin I, cytotoxic triterpenoid sterols isolated from plants, elicits the formation of actin phospho-myosin II co-aggregates by stimulation of the RhoA ROCK pathway and inhibition of LIM-Kinase.
Cucurbitadienol has significant anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor effect, is also CucurbitacinBE compounds biosynthesis the key intermediate. Cucurbitadienol synthase, the first committed enzyme for cucurbitacin biosynthesis, is a distinct enzyme from cycloar