NSC 55655 (5-[(2-Nitrophenyl)methylene]-2,4-thiazolidinedione) 具有抗菌和抗氧化活性,抑制 B. subtilis, S. aureus, K. pneumonia, E. coli, S. typhi ,A. niger 和 C. albicans 的增殖,可用于糖尿病。
Anti-diabetic drugs of the thiazolidinedione (TZD) structural class as well as α-lipoic acid activate peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ), a nuclear transcription factor that controls glucose metabolism and lipid homeostasis. CAY10506 is a hybrid lipoic acid-TZD derivative that transactivates human PPARγ with an EC50 value of 10 μM.