Pteropodine acts as a positive modulator of muscarinic M(1) and 5-HT(2) receptors. Pteropodine shows antigenotoxic, antioxidant and lymphocyte induction effects, it also shows strong apoptotic effect on acute leukaemic lymphoblasts.
1,4,5,6-Tetrahydroxy-7-prenylxanthone exhibits anti-cancer activity, demonstrating moderate cytotoxicity against breast cancer (MDA-MB-435S) and lung adenocarcinoma (A549) cell lines, with GI50 values of 2.