Carboxyatractyloside potassium salt has been used as an activator of Ca2+-induced mPTP (1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine) opening. It has also been used as a adenine nucleotide translocator (ANT) inhibitor to study the inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation in intact T98G glioma cells.
