Sapienic acid is a fatty acid commonly found on the skin and in the mucosa. Sapienic acid is active against Streptococcus sanguinis, Streptococcus mitis, and Fusobacterium nucleatum with MBC values of 31.3 μg/mL, 375.0 μg/mL and 93.8 μg/mL, respectively.
Glyurallin A possesses an antigenotoxic effect against carcinogenic N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) for the first time, it is important to prevent DNA damage by N-nitrosamines for cancer chemoprevention.