Ethoxysanguinarine (6-Ethoxydihydrosanguinarine) shows human blood acetylcholinesterase (HuAChE) and human plasma butyrylcholinesterase (HuBuChE) inhibitory activity, with IC50 values of 0.83 +/- 0.04 microM and 4.20 +/- 0.19 microM, respectively.
1. Chelerythrine (Broussonpapyrine) may have antimanic effect . 2. Chelerythrine can inhibit telomerase activity. 3. Chelerythrine is a well-known protein kinase C inhibitor . 4. Chelerythrine has potential antiproliferative and antitumor effects.
1. Coptisine (Coptisin) treatment increases cell viability based on its reversal effect on the enhanced activity of Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase . 2. Coptisine treats myocardial I/R likely through suppressing myocardial apoptosis and inflammation by inhibiting the Rho/ROCK pathway. 3. Coptisine is a potential anti-osteosarcoma drug candidate, via exerting a strong anti-osteosarcoma effect with very low toxicity . 4. Coptisine with a high dosage could inhibit cholesterol synthesis via suppressing the HMGCR expression and promoting the use and excretion of cholesterol via up-regulating LDLR and CYP7A1 expression. 5. Coptisine suppresses adhesion, migration and invasion of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells in vitro, the down-regulation of MMP-9 in combination with the increase of TIMP-1 possibly contributing to the anti-metastatic function for breast cancer.
Chelidonic acid (Jervaic acid) is a component of Chelidonium majus L., used as a mild analgesic, an antimicrobial, an acentral nervous system sedative. Chelidonic acid (Jervaic acid) also shows anti-inflammatory activity.
6-Ethoxychelerythrine (Ethoxychelerythrin) has anti-bacterial activity, it exhibited strong activity against Aspergillus fumigatus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Norsanguinarine has antifungal activity, it exhibits 100 % inhibition of A. brassicicola and C. maculans at 1000 ppm whereas. It shows significant cytotoxic activities (ED (50) values < 4 microg/ml) against P-388, KB16, A549, and HT-29 cell lines.
Norchelerythrine shows significant inhibitory activity against Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538 with MIC values ranging from 12.5 to 50 ug/mL. It exhibits strong antifeeding activity in a concentration-dependant manner with the EC50 of 62.67 ppm.
Oxychelerythrine shows high modulatory activity enhancing the susceptibility of the S. aureus ATCC 6538 to all the tested antibiotics from two to four-fold. It also shows antifeeding activities against Tribolium castaneum adults, with the EC50 of 192.32 p