Bruceine B, a potent inhibitor of leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion, may have anti-inflammatory activity, it can inhibit neutrophil adhesion to lipopolysaccharide-stimulated HUVEC and T cell adhesion to TNF-stimulated HUVEC.
Bruceine A (NSC-31616)(NSC-310616; Dihydrobrusatol) is a natural quassinoid compound extracted from the dried fruits of Brucea javanica (L.); are potential candidates for the treatment of canine babesiosis.
Yadanziolide A is a natural product isolated from the cultivated dry seeds of Brucea javanica, has strong antiviral activities with IC50 of 5.5 μM against tobacco mosaic virus. Yadanziolide A shows significant antitumor effects.
Bruceantin (NSC-165563) is a natural product isolated from Brucea antidysenterica. Bruceantin has antitumor activity against B16 melanoma, colon 38, and L1210 and P388 leukemia in mice.
Bruceantinol has antiviral activity, it can inhibit pepper mottle virus in pepper; it shows antibabesial activity against Babesia gibsoni in vitro, with the IC50 value of 12 ng/mL.
1. Bruceine D from Brucea javanica, may have the potential to be used as a natural viricide, or a lead compound for new viricides. 2. Bruceine D inhibits the growth of three pancreatic cancer cell lines, i.e., PANC-1, SW199 and CAPAN-1; induces cytotoxicity in Capan-2 cells via the induction of cellular apoptosis involving the mitochondrial pathway.