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Corydaline is an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, is also an inhibitor of CYP2C19 and CYP2C9. Corydaline has antiallergic, and antinociceptive activities. Corydaline promotes gastric emptying and small intestinal transit and facilitates gastric accommodation.

Schaftoside has antioxidant activity, it also can inhibit phospholipase, lipoxygenase and cyclooxygenase, three pro-inflammatory enzymes.

Alisol A 24-acetate has antibacterial activity, it also has anti-complement activity against the classical pathway of the complement system with IC50 values of 130 microM. Alisol A 24-acetate can effectively prevent bone loss in ovariectomized (OVX) mice, and that it can be considered a potential therapeutic for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis.

Alisol C monoacetate(Alisol C 23-acetate) has antibacterial activity.

Solasodine has anticonvulsant, anti-oxidant, neuroprotection, and central nervous system depressant activities.Solasodine stimulates in situ neurogenesis from resident neuronal progenitors as part of neuron replacement therapy.

1. Allicin exerts a unique bactericidal effect on biofilm-embedded bacteria.
2. Allicin can treat cancer via alleviating liver injury by as an adjuvant to Tamoxifen .
3. Allicin has protective effects on H9c2 cells, could inhibit intracellular ROS production instead of scavenging extracellular H(2)O(2) or free radicals.
4. Allicin could significantly inhibit vascular smooth muscle cells' proliferation and migration induced by insulin, which may be related to the inhibition of the activation of ERK signal path.
5. Allicin may inhibit the proliferation and induce the apoptosis of MGC‑803 human gastric carcinoma cells, and this may partially be achieved through the enhanced expression of p38 and cleaved caspase 3.
6. Allicin is beneficial in reducing blood cholesterol, triglycerides levels and systolic blood pressure in hypercholesterolemic rats, it may beneficially affect two risk factors for atherosclerosis–hyperlipidemia and hypertension.
7. Allicin exhibits antioxidant activities as protective compounds against free radical damage.
8. Allicin can strongly inhibit cysteine proteinases and cytopathic effects of Entamoeba histolytica.
9. Allicin is an anti-inflammatory agent , it exerts an inhibitory immunomodulatory effect on intestinal epithelial cells and suggest that allicin may have the potential to attenuate intestinal inflammation.

Abrine shows comparable ABTS radical cation scavenging activities and reduces power to two commercial antioxidants (BHT and Trolox).

1. Sulforaphane is a cruciferous vegetable-derived isothiocyanate with promising chemopreventive and therapeutic activities.
2. Sulforaphane might exert a significant neuroprotective effect on cholinergic deficit and cognitive impairment.
3. Sulforaphane has anti-inflammatory effect, at least ,in part,associated with interfering with the NF-κB pathway.
4. Sulforaphane inhibits TPA-induced NF-κB activation and COX-2 expression in MCF-10A cells by blocking two distinct signaling pathways mediated by ERK1/2-IKKα and NAK-IKKβ.
5. Sulforaphane has antitumor effects gainst bladder cancer cells through an ROS-mediated intrinsic apoptotic pathway, and suggest that ER stress and Nrf2 may represent strategic targets for Sulforaphane-induced apoptosis.