(-)-Hydroxycitric acid (HCA) can inhibit fat synthesis and reduces food intake, the primary mechanism of action of HCA appears to be related to its ability to act as a competitive inhibitor of the enzyme ATP-citrate lyase, which catalyzes the conversion of citrate and coenzyme A to oxaloacetate and acetyl coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA), primary building blocks of fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis.
Edgeworin is a DNA polymerase beta (pol beta) inhibitor, it inhibits both the lyase and polymerase activities of DNA polymerase beta; it can potentiate the inhibitory action of the anticancer drug bleomycin in cultured A549 cells via an inhibition of DNA