Sauristolactam inhibits the receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL)-induced osteoclastogenesis and has the potential to inhibit osteoclast differentiation. Sauristolactam, a natural aristolactam isolated from aerial portions of Saururus Chi
Rhizoxin is an antitumor drug isolated from the fungus Rhizopus chinensis. It is a macrocyclic lactone compound that binds to tubulin and inhibits microtubule assembly.
Tetranactin is a macrotetrolide and a monovalent cation ionophore that has been found in S. aureus and has antibacterial, insecticidal, and mitogenic activities. It exhibits an equilibrium permeability ratio 1,000-fold greater for lithium than sodium or cesium ions accross bilayer membranes at low voltages. Tetranactin inhibits the growth of Gram-positive bacteria and C. miyabeanus and R. solani fungi when used at concentrations less than 0.9 μg/ml. Tetranactin (0.5-1.5 μg per insect) dose-dependently increases the mortality of adult C. chinensis weevils up to 100% and has mitogenic activity against T. telarius when sprayed onto plants with an LC50 value of 9.2 μg/ml. It reduces IL-1β- and cAMP-induced secretion of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) from rat mesangial cells (IC50s = 43 and 33 nM, respectively). Tetranactin (50 ng/ml) suppresses the proliferation of human T lymphocytes induced by allogeneic cells and IL-2 and supresses the generation of cytotoxic T lymphocytes in mixed lymphocyte cultures. In vivo, tetranactin (10 mg/animal per day) completely inhibits the formation of experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis (EAU) in rats.
Callosobruchusic acid is an insect pheromone and monoterpene that has been found as a component of the copulation release pheromone erectin in azuki bean weevils (C. chinensis).1It induces copulation release activity in male azuki bean weevils (EC50= 6.5 ng insect). 1.Mori, K., Ito, T., Tanaka, K., et al.Synthesis and biological activity of optically active forms of (E)-3, 7-dimethyl-2-octene-1, 8-dioic acid (callosobruchusic acid): A component of the copulation release pheromone (erectin) of the azuki bean weevilTetrahedron39(13)2303-2306(1983)