Sarmentosin significantly lowers the SGPT level of patients suffering from chronic viral hepatitis, and shows a suppressive effect on cell-mediated immune responses in mice. It shows a good effect in lowering serum glutamate-pyruvate transaminase.
5-Methoxycanthin-6-one displays moderate cytotoxic activity against the human prostate cancer cell PC-3 line, with IC50 values ranging from 13.5-15.4 uM versus doxorubicine with IC50 = 1.5 uM. It also exhibits a clear suppressive effect on the phagocytosi