Sulochrin shows antifungal and antibacterial activities, it can inhibit hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in a dose-dependent manner without any apparent cytotoxicity up to 50 uM. Sulochrin has an inhibitory activity to eosinophil degranulation.
Monomethylsulochrin shows antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus. It shows moderately inhibitory effects on the human bacterial pathogen Helicobacter pylori with the MIC value of 28.9+ -0.1 microM.