Homopterocarpin and Pterocarpus extract offer gastroprotection against indomethacin- induced ulcer by antioxidative mechanism and the modulation of gastric homeostasis, homopterocarpin may be responsible for, or contribute to the antiulcerogenic property
Kurarinol is a potent inhibitor of sortase A, with an IC50 value of 107.7 ± 6.6 μM. Kurarinol has extremely strong tyrosinase inhibitory activity, exerts varying degrees of inhibition on tyrosinase-dependent melanin biosynthesis, is a candidate as skin-whitening agents.
8-Prenylkaempferol is an effective agent for attenuating pro-inflammatory NO induction, it may be an anti-inflammatory agent for suppressing influenza A virus-induced RANTES production acts by blocking PI3K-mediated transcriptional activation of NF-κB and
Kushenol A is a kind of Adenosine 3', 5'-cyclic monophosphate(cAMP)phosphodiesterase inhibitiors, it shows selective alpha-glucosidase inhibitory activity. Kushenol A and kushenol C exhibit inhibitory activity against Sodium-dependent glucose cotransporter 2(SGLT2).
Kushenol I is a GABAA receptor modulator, it exhibits inhibitory activity against Sodium-dependent glucose cotransporter 2(SGLT2).Kushenol I is shown to be active against the plant pathogenic fungus Cladosporium cucumerinum.
Puerol A exhibits potent inhibitory effects on aldose reductase with IC50 values of 6.4 uM. dl-Puerol A has antioxdiant activity, it shows inhibitory effects on copper ion-induced protein oxidative modification of mouse brain homogenate in vitro.