Liriodenine is a potent inhibitor of topoisomerase II (EC 5.99.1.3) both in vivo and in vitro, it has antitumor, antibacterial and antifungal activities, it can suppress ventricular arrhythmias induced by myocardial ischaemia reperfusion, through inhibiti

Lipiferolide is an inhibitor of farnesyl protein transferase(FPTase), it inhibits the FPTase activity in a dose-dependent manner, and shows cell growth inhibitory activity against several tumor cells, it possesses cytotoxic activity against KB cells. Liriodenine also has antiplasmodial activity.