furomollugin

Furomollugin is a natural product with antioxidant and antibacterial activities, can be isolated from Rubia cordifolia. Furomollugin lacks potent anti-tyrosinase activity, but also exhibits significant anticancer property[1].

[1] Xia L, et al. Anti-tyrosinase, antioxidant, and antibacterial activities of novel 5-hydroxy-4-acetyl-2,3-dihydronaphtho[1,2-b]furans. Eur J Med Chem. 2014 Oct 30;86:605-12. DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.09.025
[2] Xia L, et al. Antioxidant and antibacterial evaluation of synthetic furomollugin and its diverse analogs[J]. Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014, 23(7): 3528-3538.