Taraxacum

Taraxasterol (Taraxasterin) is compound with anti-inflammatory activity.

Taraxerol(Alnulin) is an anti-inflammatory and anticancer compound derived from dandelion.Taraxerol reduces acute inflammation and induces apoptosis by inhibiting the NF-κB signaling pathway.

Taraxerone has allelopathic and antifungal effects.Taraxerone prevents catalase, superoxide dismutase, and reduces glutathione concentrations from the decrease induced by ethanol administration with the concentration dependent manner.

Dihydroconiferyl alcohol is a natural lignan that promotes the growth of soybean healing tissues and exhibits cytoprotective activity with antioxidant effects in MCF-7 cells cultured under H2O2 stress.

Taraxerol acetate exhibits significant antiviral activity against herpes simplex virus type II, while exerting comparatively weaker effects on cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in AGS gastric cancer cells than taraxerol. Taraxerol acetate is a bioactive triterpene constituent of Anoectochilus roxburghiana, where its contribution to the plant’s antidiabetic activity is mechanistically associated with protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) inhibition alongside betulin and betulinic acid, highlighting its relevance for antiviral, metabolic disease, and natural product pharmacology research.

Desacetylmatricarin has anti-allergic property, it shows a potent inhibitory activity upon the beta-hexosaminidase release from RBL-2H3 cells in a dose-dependent manner and the IC50 of 7.5 microM.

Pseudotaraxasterol exhibits cytotoxic activity against MOLT-4 cells.