Apiole (NSC 9070), a phenylpropane volatile compound isolated from parsley, is a calcium channel inhibitor, a mixed-type inhibitor of the CYP1A subfamily, with antitumor activity, induces apoptosis, and inhibits human colon cancer cells by inducing G0 G1 cell cycle arrest.
1. Apiin (Apioside) is the reducing and stabilizing agent. 2. Apiin has inhibitory activity in-vitro on iNOS expression and nitrite production when added before LPS stimulation in the medium of J774.A1 cells.