Lucidenic lactone is a terpene compound, is a DNA polymerase inhibitor. Lucidenic lactone inhibits calf DNA polymerase-α, rat DNA polymerase-β, and HIV-1 reverse transcriptase with IC50 values of 42 μM, 99 μM, and 69 μM, respectively[1].
References
[1] Mizushina Y, et al. Lucidenic acid O and lactone, new terpene inhibitors of eukaryotic DNA polymerases from a basidiomycete, Ganoderma lucidum. Bioorg Med Chem. 1999 Sep;7(9):2047-52. DOI:10.1016/s0968-0896(99)00121-2
